1. Normative analysis in policy decisions: An introduction

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 9

2. How do things go from bad to worse?

   • Kenneth E. Boulding

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 21

3. A taxonomy for decision models

   • Robert M. Thrall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 27

4. Where do business economists go from here?

   • A. Nicholas Filippello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 37

5. Using multiple objectives to approximate normative models

   • James S. Dyer
   • John B. Larsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 58

6. Preface to topics in data envelopment analysis

   • A. Charnes
   • W. W. Cooper

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 94

7. A developmental study of data envelopment analysis in measuring the efficiency of maintenance units in the U.S. air forces

   • A. Charnes
   • C. T. Clark
   • B. Golany

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 112

8. Data envelopment analysis and regression approaches to efficiency estimation and evaluation

   • W. F. Bowlin
   • A. Charnes
   • H. D. Sherman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 138

9. Sensitivity and stability analysis in dea

   • A. Charnes
   • W. W. Cooper
   • J. Rousseau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 156

10. A stochastic investiment model for a survival conscious firm

    • Russell G. Thompson
    • Melvin D. George

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 182

11. Constraints on social dilemmas: An institutional approach

    • Rick K. Wilson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 200

12. Improving long-run industrial decision making

    • A. J. Sobey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 211

13. Strategic planning decisions in an R & D setting

    • Daniel A. Dreyfus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 227

14. Productive efficiency and energy use: An historical perspective

    • Sam H. Schurr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 238

15. An economic model for investing in sulfur oxide control technology development

    • R. G. Thompson
    • R. R. Hocking
    • A. M. Johnson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 252

16. Marginal costs of undiscovered natural gas resources in the United States with possible application to world oil and gas resources

    • Harry C. Kent
    • F. Dail Singleton Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 270

17. The treatment of uncertainty in mineral exploration and exploitation

    • David Martin
    • F. T. Sparrow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 284

18. Shadow price principles applied to regulated pricing of natural gas

    • R. G. Thompson
    • F. D. Singleton Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 316

19. Measuring the value of information: The case of data on the cost of producing cotton

    • R. G. Thompson
    • L. R. Lamotte
    • O. P. Blaich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 327

20. Initial basis for a national planning model

    • James A. Calloway

    OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 334

21. About the editors and authors

    Legacy Pages: 335 - 345