Public Policy Analysis - Tools and Methods

3 credits

Epistemology; policy analysis basics: policy paradigms based on utility maximization; equity and rights based frameworks; tools, methods and applications of quantitative policy analysis: cost-benefit approaches, risk analysis, decision analysis, values, tradeoffs and multi-attribute utility theory, modelling uncertainty; critiques and limitations of tools: psychology, perception and decision making, ethical challenges. Prerequisite: ENPP_V 501. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.