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Alex Tabarrok – Journal of Economic Education, 2025
During the pandemic, the economic way of thinking was extraordinarily useful, leading to a quick consensus among economists of widely differing political persuasions on many issues of pandemic policy. Yet speaking to politicians, bureaucrats, and the public revealed many ways in which the economic way of thinking was foreign and sometimes…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Economics, Economics Education
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Alvin Christian; Brian Jacob; John D. Singleton – Grantee Submission, 2025
Recent controversies have highlighted the importance of local school district governance, but little empirical evidence exists evaluating the quality of district policy makers or policies. In this paper, we take a novel approach to assessing school district decision making. We posit a model of rational decision making under uncertainty that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Decision Making, In Person Learning, COVID-19
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Alvin Christian; Brian Jacob; John D. Singleton – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
Recent controversies have highlighted the importance of local school district governance, but little empirical evidence exists evaluating the quality of district policy makers or policies. In this paper, we take a novel approach to assessing school district decision making. We posit a model of rational decision making under uncertainty that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Decision Making, In Person Learning, COVID-19