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What Is the Value of Dynamic Scoring for Legislators?
When Congress considers legislation, nonpartisan agencies provide estimates of the law’s potential economic effects to policymakers, a process known as “scoring.” In recent decades, analysts at the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation have developed models that incorporate complex feedback effects, going beyond conventional scoring techniques.
A serious case for dynamic scoring
Doug Elmendorf is Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and former Director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. Heidi Williams is Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and Director of Science Policy at the Institute for Progress, a non-partisan think tank focused on innovation policy.
How to Translate Research Findings into Policy
Introduction This speech was originally presented at the NBER Summer Institute panel on Challenges and Opportunities in Translating Innovation Research into Policy in July, 2022. Many people, like myself, become economists not only because we’re intellectually fascinated by the subject and its tools, but also because we believe good economic analysis can make the world a better place.
How to Translate Research Findings into Policy
Metascience Recommendations for successfully communicating with policymakers This speech was originally presented at the NBER Summer Institute panel on Challenges and Opportunities in Translating Innovation Research into Policy in July, 2022. Introduction Many people, like myself, become economists not only because we’re intellectually fascinated by the subject and its tools, but also because we believe good economic analysis can make the world a better place.
Key to economic recovery: Bold credit and fiscal policies
The global economic outlook has darkened dramatically in the past few weeks. Shutdowns in commerce are necessary to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and save lives, but they are having profound economic consequences. Recent Chinese data show how badly shutdowns can squeeze output and incomes, and broad and stringent shutdowns are now taking hold in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.
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