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David L. Weimer
Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science
Office: 201 Observatory Hill Office Building
Phone: 608 262-5713 or 263-2325
Fax: 608 265-3233
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Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1211
David Weimer is professor of political science and public affairs. His research focuses broadly on policy craft, institutional design, and health policy. He is working on several research projects in health policy: the role of report cards in promoting improved quality of care, the social and fiscal net benefits of screening for Alzheimer’s disease, the organ transplant network as a model for medical governance, and the proper measurement of social costs associated with the regulation of addictive goods like tobacco. His other research addresses issues in energy security, natural resource policy, education, and research methods.
Professor Weimer co-authored Organizational Report Cards and Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice (4th edition), and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3rd edition). His edited volumes include Institutional Design, The Political Economy of Property Rights and Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies. Recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, and Political Analysis. In 2006 Professor Weimer served as president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He received his doctorate in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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