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Working with Policy Makers on Their Choices: A Decision Analyst Reminisces

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  • Rex V. Brown

    (School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030)

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As a decision consultant and researcher, I discuss 40 years of working with policy makers on energy, environmental and foreign policy, defense, and other national issues, making heavy use of applied decision theory. I focus attention on decisions with significant human interest---where clients have sought not only to improve their own decisions, but also to justify them and to influence the decisions of others. I reflect on political, administrative, legal, and personal considerations involved.

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  • Rex V. Brown, 2009. "Working with Policy Makers on Their Choices: A Decision Analyst Reminisces," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 6(1), pages 14-24, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ordeca:v:6:y:2009:i:1:p:14-24
    DOI: 10.1287/deca.1080.0134
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