Evaluating public programs: the impact of general revenue sharing on municipal government
Auteur :
Larkey, Patrick D.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691648262
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
567 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For effective program evaluation, it is necessary to specify a counterfactual state, i.e., what would have happened without the program. Conventional approaches to program evaluation, preoccupied with technical and value issues, fail to address directly the need for counterfactual arguments. They also fail to recognize the indispensable role of pos