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Public Policies as Investments

Summary This paper has one key message: public policy choices should be informed by investment analysis.

Public Policies as Investments

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  • 18 Feb 2013

This paper has one key message: public policy choices should be informed by investment analysis. Often, they are not. But investment models are starting to be used more systematically to guide government decision-making. Prof Mintrom uses the case studies of early childhood education and jobseeker support to argue for extending the logic of investment decision-making to most government spending choices

These Occasional Papers are jointly published by ANZSOG and the (former) Victorian State Services Authority.

Mintrom, M. (2013). Public Policies as Investments. SSA/ANZSOG Occasional Paper, 24. Melbourne: ANZSOG.

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