DATA INCONSISTENCIES AND FEDRAL POLICYMAKING

In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 205-226

Abstract

DRAWING ON A REPORT DEVELOPED FOR USE BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SUPPLIES AND SHORTAGES, THE AUTHORS DEMONSTRATE THAT FORECAST DATA DEVELOPED FOR NATIONAL POLICYMAKING CONTAIN ENOUGH VARIATION TO IMPAIR THE CONSISTENCY OF POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES.