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Occasional Papers

RAND occasional papers may include an informed perspective on a timely policy issue, a discussion of new research methodologies, essays, a paper presented at a conference, or a summary of work in progress. All RAND occasional papers undergo rigorous peer review to help ensure that they meet high standards for research quality and objectivity.

2009

Adjusting to Global Economic Change: The Dangerous Road Ahead

Robert A. Levine

Corporations and Counterinsurgency

William Rosenau, Peter Chalk, Renny McPherson, Michelle Parker, Austin Long

The Effects of Substance Use on Workplace Injuries

Rajeev Ramchand, Amanda Pomeroy, Jeremy Arkes

Emerging Threats and Security Planning: How Should We Decide What Hypothetical Threats to Worry About?

Brian A. Jackson, David R. Frelinger

Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria

Nicholas Burger, Liisa Ecola, Thomas Light, Michael Toman

The Geopolitical Consequences of the World Economic Recession -- A Caution

Robert D. Blackwill

Helping Each Other in Times of Need: Financial Help as a Means of Coping with the Economic Crisis

Susann Rohwedder

Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot at the End of the 2008-2009 Vaccination Season

Katherine M. Harris, Juergen Maurer, Nicole Lurie

Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables for the 2008-2009 Vaccination Season

Katherine M. Harris, Juergen Maurer, Nicole Lurie

Is It Time to Rethink U.S. Entry and Exit Processes?

C. Richard Neu

The Lessons of Mumbai

Angel Rabasa, Robert D. Blackwill, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, C. Christine Fair, Brian A. Jackson, Brian Michael Jenkins, Seth G. Jones, Nathaniel Shestak, Ashley J. Tellis

Oversight of the Liberian National Police

David C. Gompert, Robert C. Davis, Brooke Stearns Lawson

The Phoenix Program and Contemporary Counterinsurgency

William Rosenau, Austin Long

The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Long-Term Human Recovery After Disaster: Reflections From Louisiana Four Years After Hurricane Katrina

Anita Chandra, Joie Acosta

A Strategic Planning Approach: Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration

Lynn E. Davis, Melanie W. Sisson

Strengthening U.S. International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security

Scott Hassell, Michael Toman, Liisa Ecola, Tewodaj Mengistu, Endy Y. Min, Aimee E. Curtright, Noreen Clancy, Eileen Hlavka

Understanding Why Terrorist Operations Succeed or Fail

Brian A. Jackson, David R. Frelinger

Whither Strategic Communication?: A Survey of Current Proposals and Recommendations

Christopher Paul

2008

Breaking the Failed-State Cycle

Marla C. Haims, David C. Gompert, Gregory F. Treverton, Brooke Stearns Lawson

Briefing on Linkage and Exchange: Facilitating Diffusion of Innovation in Health Services

Annalijn Conklin, Michael Hallsworth, Evi Hatziandreu, Jonathan Grant

A Call to Revitalize the Engines of Government

Bernard D. Rostker

A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India

Sai Ma, Neeraj Sood

Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?

Megan K. Beckett

Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6

Austin Long

The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

M. Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly

Education and the Asian Surge: A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China

Charles A. Goldman, Krishna B. Kumar, Ying Liu

Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Somi Seong, Kenneth Horn, Bruce J. Held

Issues and Performance in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System

Michael D. Greenberg, Amelia M. Haviland

The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research

James N. Dertouzos, Nicholas M. Pace, Robert H. Anderson

The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5

Peter Chalk

Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis

Jefferson P. Marquis, Nelson Lim, Lynn M. Scott, Margaret C. Harrell, Jennifer Kavanagh

Marrying Prevention and Resiliency: Balancing Approaches to an Uncertain Terrorist Threat

Brian A. Jackson

Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot as of Mid-November 2008

Katherine M. Harris, Juergen Maurer, Nicole Lurie

Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables

Katherine M. Harris, Juergen Maurer, Nicole Lurie

Options for Improving the Military Child Care System

Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates, Michelle Cho, Rebecca Shaw

Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits

Barbara O. Wynn, Melony E. Sorbero

The Problem of Measuring Emergency Preparedness: The Need for Assessing ''Response Reliability'' as Part of Homeland Security Planning

Brian A. Jackson

Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir

Glenn A. Kent, David Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, Bruce R. Pirnie

2007

Analysis, Analysis Practices, and Implications for Modeling and Simulation

Paul K. Davis, Amy Henninger

Banking System Reform in China: The Challenges of Moving Toward a Market-Oriented Economy

Kumiko Okazaki

Commercial Wind Insurance in the Gulf States: Developments Since Hurricane Katrina and Challenges Moving Forward

Lloyd Dixon, James W. Macdonald, Julie Zissimopoulos

Heads We Win -- The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN): RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 1

David C. Gompert

Leading the Executive Branch: Strategies and Options for Achieving Success

Elizabeth D. Brown, John D. Graham

Modernizing the Federal Government: Paying for Performance

Silvia Montoya, John D. Graham

Money in the Bank -- Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 4

Angel Rabasa, Lesley Anne Warner, Peter Chalk, Ivan Khilko, Paraag Shukla

Perennial Polyculture Farming: Seeds of Another Agricultural Revolution?

James A. Dewar

Polarized Politics and Policy Consequences

Diana Epstein, John D. Graham

Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?

David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury, Laura Zakaras

Subversion and Insurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 2

William Rosenau

Understanding Proto-Insurgencies: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 3

Daniel Byman

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