Links to Some of My Notes on Think Tanks (MS Word Files)




6 page Note Entitled, "Notes on Economic Think Tanks or Policy Information Middlemen."
            This is a note dated 9/22/01 that I wrote in preparation for the evaluation of the Russia USAID Support Economic Think Tanks (SETT) Program. It's based on a literature review and sets out my logic for labeling Think Tanks as private service-providing enterprises.

Draft Answers to Some Questions Regarding Think Tank Development in Russia
             These are draft answers to questions that the USAID Mission in Moscow asked us to answer as part of the evaluation. These are dated 10/15/01 and served as inputs to the final evaluation document.
 

7 page Note Entitled "Subsidizing Think Tanks and Consulting Firms in Russia.
               This is an incomplete paper, dated 11/15/01 that formed the basis of my argument that policy reform is endogenous to economic development.