Elizabeth A Graddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4393076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth A Graddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Graddy |
| SIGNATURE | GRADDY E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7059-8827 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 266 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Philanthropy and Social Impact
Over the last generation, there has been an evolution in philanthropy with an emphasis on strategies for achieving greater impact.Over the same period, there has been a focus on the intergenerational transfer of wealth, what it might portend for philanthropy, and the implications for the nonprofit sector and more generally society.Ultimately, the future of philanthropy and the sector will be determinednot by the transfer of wealth itselfbut by th…
The Role of Private Agents in Affordable Housing Policy
Fiscal Challenges
Fiscal Challenges
Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to explore the problems of budget policy. The authors, including top economists, political scientists, historians, psychologists, and legal scholars, together provide a unique, multidisciplinary introduction to the subject. In addition to in-depth analysis of congressional budget procedures and the economics of federal def…
Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving
This paper explores the impact of social capital—measured by social trust and social networks—on individual charitable giving to religious and secular organizations. Using United States data from the national sample of the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, we find that social trust, bridging social network, and civic engagement increase the amount of giving to both religious and secular causes. In contrast, organizational activism o…
When Do We “Just Say No”? Policy Termination Decisions in Local Hospital Services
This paper develops a two‐stage decision‐making model of the public policy termination process, which integrates political and economic influences on local decision makers. We empirically explore the model using data on the provision of local public hospitals in California over 1981–95. The results provide support for the model as we find that triggering events as well as characteristics of the local decision‐making context affect the termination…
Fiscal Challenges
Faith-Based versus Secular Providers of Social Services -Differences in What, How, and Where
Recent public policies have promoted an increased role for faith-based organizations in the delivery of publicly supported services. Yet, there is little information on how service delivery by faith-based and secular providers might differ. This study seeks a better understanding of role differences by analyzing the broad context of social service delivery patterns in Los Angeles County. We find important differences. Faith-based organizations ar…
How Do They Fit
Despite public policies that promote an increased role for faith-based organizations in the delivery of publicly supported services, insufficient attention has been paid to assessing how service delivery by faith-based and secular providers might differ. This study considers the issues involved in evaluating the role of faith-based organizations within the broad context of a community's social service offerings. Criteria are developed for assessi…
Influences on the Size and Scope of Networks for Social Service Delivery
Local social service agencies throughout the world have begun encouraging or requiring social service providers to form community-based networks for the delivery of publicly funded social services. Little is known, however, about the nature of the resulting networks. In this article we develop a model of organizational, programmatic, and community influences on the size and scope of interorganizational networks for social service delivery. We the…
Can Pharmacy Data Improve Prediction of Hospital Outcomes
OBJECTIVES: The performance of comorbidity measures derived from the hospital discharge abstract, the outpatient pharmacy record, and from both sources combined, were compared in predicting all-cause and unplanned hospital readmission and length of stay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Automated hospital and pharmacy data came from Kaiser-Permanente and included 6721 acute hospitalizations in Southern California from April 1993 to February 1995. The Deyo …
Juries and Unpredictability in Products Liability Damage Awards
The size and variability of jury damage awards in tort cases has been a contentious issue for over a decade. Nevertheless, there has been little empirical work addressing the relationship between the size of jury awards to products liability victims and their compensable losses. This paper examines this relationship using a sample of California cases. A compensatory model of damages based on plaintiff, injury, and case characteristics explains a …
Tort Reform and Manufacturer Payout ‐ An Early Look at the California Experience
Manufacturers actively lobbied in the 1980s for legislative intervention in the tort system that would ease the burden on defendants in products liability cases. In response, all states enacted some type of general tort reform. California eliminated joint and several liability for noneconomic damages with the approval by voters in 1986 of Proposition 51. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the California reform on manufacturer outcomes in p…
Production Choices for Local Government Services
This article models the production choice decision of local governments for the delivery of services to citizens. fie production choice decision depends on the demand by the local government for contracting out and the supply of external producers. Local governments trade off the potential cost savings of external production against diminished control of the service delivery process. Fiscal, political, and structural constraints affect the willin…
Contracting out
This paper develops a two-stage model of the decision to contract out. The first stage is the choice of whether to produce publicly provided services internally, externally, or to reduce costs as well as potential cost savings, which depend primarily on the nature of a particular service. The second stage in the contracting decision is the choice of sector with which to contract--other governments, private firms, or nonprofit organizations. Secto…
Prevalence and Recidivism in Index Arrests
It is important for both theoretical and policy reasons to partition aggregate crime rates into measures of prevalence (reflecting breadth of participation) and incidence (reflecting intensity of participation by those who do engage in crime). Prevalence is measured by accumulating over age the probability of first arrest as a function of age. Incidence is estimated by the probability of recidivism in a feedback model. The probability of a male i…
Contracting out
This paper develops a two-stage model of the decision to contract out. The first stage is the choice of whether to produce publicly provided services internally, externally, or to reduce costs as well as potential cost savings, which depend primarily on the nature of a particular service. The second stage in the contracting decision is the choice of sector with which to contract--other governments, private firms, or nonprofit organizations. Secto…
Influences on the Size and Scope of Networks for Social Service Delivery
Local social service agencies throughout the world have begun encouraging or requiring social service providers to form community-based networks for the delivery of publicly funded social services. Little is known, however, about the nature of the resulting networks. In this article we develop a model of organizational, programmatic, and community influences on the size and scope of interorganizational networks for social service delivery. We the…
Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving
This paper explores the impact of social capital—measured by social trust and social networks—on individual charitable giving to religious and secular organizations. Using United States data from the national sample of the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, we find that social trust, bridging social network, and civic engagement increase the amount of giving to both religious and secular causes. In contrast, organizational activism o…
When Do We “Just Say No”? Policy Termination Decisions in Local Hospital Services
This paper develops a two‐stage decision‐making model of the public policy termination process, which integrates political and economic influences on local decision makers. We empirically explore the model using data on the provision of local public hospitals in California over 1981–95. The results provide support for the model as we find that triggering events as well as characteristics of the local decision‐making context affect the termination…
Prevalence and Recidivism in Index Arrests
It is important for both theoretical and policy reasons to partition aggregate crime rates into measures of prevalence (reflecting breadth of participation) and incidence (reflecting intensity of participation by those who do engage in crime). Prevalence is measured by accumulating over age the probability of first arrest as a function of age. Incidence is estimated by the probability of recidivism in a feedback model. The probability of a male i…
Production Choices for Local Government Services
This article models the production choice decision of local governments for the delivery of services to citizens. fie production choice decision depends on the demand by the local government for contracting out and the supply of external producers. Local governments trade off the potential cost savings of external production against diminished control of the service delivery process. Fiscal, political, and structural constraints affect the willin…
The Role of Private Agents in Affordable Housing Policy
Prevalence and Recidivism in Index Arrests
It is important for both theoretical and policy reasons to partition aggregate crime rates into measures of prevalence (reflecting breadth of participation) and incidence (reflecting intensity of participation by those who do engage in crime). Prevalence is measured by accumulating over age the probability of first arrest as a function of age. Incidence is estimated by the probability of recidivism in a feedback model. The probability of a male i…
Contracting out
This paper develops a two-stage model of the decision to contract out. The first stage is the choice of whether to produce publicly provided services internally, externally, or to reduce costs as well as potential cost savings, which depend primarily on the nature of a particular service. The second stage in the contracting decision is the choice of sector with which to contract--other governments, private firms, or nonprofit organizations. Secto…
Production Choices for Local Government Services
This article models the production choice decision of local governments for the delivery of services to citizens. fie production choice decision depends on the demand by the local government for contracting out and the supply of external producers. Local governments trade off the potential cost savings of external production against diminished control of the service delivery process. Fiscal, political, and structural constraints affect the willin…
Tort Reform and Manufacturer Payout ‐ An Early Look at the California Experience
Manufacturers actively lobbied in the 1980s for legislative intervention in the tort system that would ease the burden on defendants in products liability cases. In response, all states enacted some type of general tort reform. California eliminated joint and several liability for noneconomic damages with the approval by voters in 1986 of Proposition 51. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the California reform on manufacturer outcomes in p…
Juries and Unpredictability in Products Liability Damage Awards
The size and variability of jury damage awards in tort cases has been a contentious issue for over a decade. Nevertheless, there has been little empirical work addressing the relationship between the size of jury awards to products liability victims and their compensable losses. This paper examines this relationship using a sample of California cases. A compensatory model of damages based on plaintiff, injury, and case characteristics explains a …
Can Pharmacy Data Improve Prediction of Hospital Outcomes
OBJECTIVES: The performance of comorbidity measures derived from the hospital discharge abstract, the outpatient pharmacy record, and from both sources combined, were compared in predicting all-cause and unplanned hospital readmission and length of stay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Automated hospital and pharmacy data came from Kaiser-Permanente and included 6721 acute hospitalizations in Southern California from April 1993 to February 1995. The Deyo …
Faith-Based versus Secular Providers of Social Services -Differences in What, How, and Where
Recent public policies have promoted an increased role for faith-based organizations in the delivery of publicly supported services. Yet, there is little information on how service delivery by faith-based and secular providers might differ. This study seeks a better understanding of role differences by analyzing the broad context of social service delivery patterns in Los Angeles County. We find important differences. Faith-based organizations ar…
How Do They Fit
Despite public policies that promote an increased role for faith-based organizations in the delivery of publicly supported services, insufficient attention has been paid to assessing how service delivery by faith-based and secular providers might differ. This study considers the issues involved in evaluating the role of faith-based organizations within the broad context of a community's social service offerings. Criteria are developed for assessi…
Influences on the Size and Scope of Networks for Social Service Delivery
Local social service agencies throughout the world have begun encouraging or requiring social service providers to form community-based networks for the delivery of publicly funded social services. Little is known, however, about the nature of the resulting networks. In this article we develop a model of organizational, programmatic, and community influences on the size and scope of interorganizational networks for social service delivery. We the…
Fiscal Challenges
Fiscal Challenges
Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to explore the problems of budget policy. The authors, including top economists, political scientists, historians, psychologists, and legal scholars, together provide a unique, multidisciplinary introduction to the subject. In addition to in-depth analysis of congressional budget procedures and the economics of federal def…
Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving
This paper explores the impact of social capital—measured by social trust and social networks—on individual charitable giving to religious and secular organizations. Using United States data from the national sample of the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, we find that social trust, bridging social network, and civic engagement increase the amount of giving to both religious and secular causes. In contrast, organizational activism o…
When Do We “Just Say No”? Policy Termination Decisions in Local Hospital Services
This paper develops a two‐stage decision‐making model of the public policy termination process, which integrates political and economic influences on local decision makers. We empirically explore the model using data on the provision of local public hospitals in California over 1981–95. The results provide support for the model as we find that triggering events as well as characteristics of the local decision‐making context affect the termination…
Fiscal Challenges
The Role of Private Agents in Affordable Housing Policy
Philanthropy and Social Impact
Over the last generation, there has been an evolution in philanthropy with an emphasis on strategies for achieving greater impact.Over the same period, there has been a focus on the intergenerational transfer of wealth, what it might portend for philanthropy, and the implications for the nonprofit sector and more generally society.Ultimately, the future of philanthropy and the sector will be determinednot by the transfer of wealth itselfbut by th…
Political science (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Public economics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Service delivery framework (4 works) · Marketing (3 works)