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THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE POLITICS OF FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS DURING THE PERIOD 1980-88 AND DISCUSSES THE TREND TOWARD INDUSTRY-LED TECHNOLOGY POLICY. HE FINDS THAT THE KEYS TO THE ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES ARE THE IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY OF NEW INITIATIVES WITH THE PREVAILING POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE PRESENCE OF BUSINESS CONSTITUENCIES PROMOTING TECHNOLOGY. IN THE ABSENCE OF STRONG BUSINESS INTEREST, AGENCY POLITICS AND CONCERN ABOUT THE BUDGET DEFICIT DOMINATE.

Discusses the impact of diagnosis related groupings on hospital organisation, the shortcomings of DRG guidelines, and the unintended consequences of DRGs. (JLN)

Ethics and practicality of promoting the values of efficiency and productivity in the public sector within a political democracy. Effects at the federal and local levels of government and on the type of goods and services delivered to citizens of the United States.

After World War II, major economic policy issues arose within the free world because many nations chose to discriminate in their international trade and payments, hoping to further their national objectives. Professor Patterson analyzes what each of these nations hoped to gain. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Bank Indonesia and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) co-hosted a research conference on "Expanding the boundaries of monetary policy in Asia and the Pacific" on 20-21 August 2015 in Jakarta. The event was the wrap-up conference of a research programme of the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific that had been approved by the Asian Consultative Council of central bank Governors in February 2014. The topic was motivated by the increased importance of financial stability in the conduct of monetary policy and the expanding set of monetary policy tools being employed. Within this overall theme, the following issues for the Asia-Pacific region were identified: (i) monetary policy objectives and strategies; (ii) instruments to manage monetary conditions; (iii) the assessment of monetary conditions; and (iv) transmission mechanisms. The conference brought together senior officials and researchers from central banks, international organisations and academia. This volume is a collection of the speeches, papers and prepared discussant remarks from the conference. This foreword summarises the contents of the conference and provides a synopsis of the discussions for time-constrained readers.

How can protests influence policymaking in a repressive dictatorship? Responsive Authoritarianism in China sheds light on this important question through case studies of land takings and demolitions - two of the most explosive issues in contemporary China. In the early 2000s, landless farmers and evictees unleashed waves of disruptive protests. Surprisingly, the Chinese government responded by adopting wide-ranging policy changes that addressed many of the protesters' grievances. Heurlin traces policy changes from local protests in the provinces to the halls of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. In doing so, he highlights the interplay between local protests, state institutions, and elite politics. He shows that the much-maligned petitioning system actually plays an important role in elevating protesters' concerns to the policymaking agenda. Delving deep into the policymaking process, the book illustrates how the State Council and NPC have become battlegrounds for conflicts between ministries and local governments over state policies

The Pearl River Delta, after pell‐mell industrialization, suffers air pollution. Two‐thirds of the pollutants come from Hong Kong–owned factories in Guangdong. Direct 2011 medical costs in Hong Kong are reliably estimated at US$513 million, and annual excess Hong Kong deaths from air pollution exceed 3,000. Dirty air hurts quality of life, recruitment of professionals, tourism, and other desiderata—including government legitimacy. This article surveys the relevant politics, medicine, economics, and air chemistry, recommending cap‐and‐trade policies that are acceptable where markets now rule in both "systems" of Hong Kong‐Guangdong. It stresses the need for official enforcement of caps. Although local governments have cooperated to establish air‐monitoring stations, they have yet to leverage Hong Kong's expertise in regulation and Guangdong's potential for manufacture of air‐cleansing equipment. They need a regional emissions trading scheme (ETS). With Beijing's plans to have a nationwide ETS by 2015, this severe problem could be solved sooner rather than later.