Aidan Vining

Biographic Data

ID4996206
NAMEAidan Vining
GIVEN NAMESAidan
FAMILY NAMEVining
SIGNATUREVINING A
AFFILIATIONSSimon Fraser University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS116
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX2

  • Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice

    David L Weimer, David Weimer et al.BOOKPolicy Analysis2015Cited by: 105

    Updated in a new 5th edition, this book lays a strong conceptual foundation to understanding the rationales of and limitations to public policy. It gives practical advice about how to do policy analysis while demonstrating the application of advanced analytical techniques through case study examples. Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices is a comprehensive, accessible, and rich introduction to policy analysis for readers in public policy, publi…

  • Canadian-U.S. Trade Policy: An Economic Analysis of the Softwood Lumber Case

    Open AccessRichard Schwindt, Mark A Moore et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2004References: 12

    Softwood lumber has been, and continues to be, the most contentious trade issue dividing the United States and Canada. This article examines the economic issues surrounding the dispute and considers possible resolutions to it. Specifically, the article reviews the recently expired Softwood Lumber Agreement, which restricted exports from four Canadian provinces to the United States between 1996and2001.The authors describe this voluntary export res…

  • Debate: “Biopolitics” and the Missing Political Scientists

    Open AccessMichael Atkinson, Robert Nigol et al.ARTICLESwiss Political Science Review2002Cited by: 2References: 16

  • Net loss: A cost-benefit analysis of the Canadian Pacific salmon fishery

    Open AccessRichard Schwindt, Aidan R Vining et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…2000References: 13

    This article applies cost-benefit analysis to the Canadian Pacific commercial salmon fishery. It demonstrates that government policies to preserve the fishery have resulted in higher net social costs than would have resulted from a "do nothing" policy, notwithstanding the rent dissipation associated with unconstrained resource exploitation. The value of landings and the private costs of the harvest over a cycle (1988-1994) are calculated. On aver…

  • Net loss: A cost‐benefit analysis of the Canadian Pacific salmon fishery

    Open AccessRichard Schwindt, Aidan R Vining et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…2000

    This article applies cost-benefit analysis to the Canadian Pacific commercial salmon fishery. It demonstrates that government policies to preserve the fishery have resulted in higher net social costs than would have resulted from a "do nothing" policy, notwithstanding the rent dissipation associated with unconstrained resource exploitation. The value of landings and the private costs of the harvest over a cycle (1988-1994) are calculated. On aver…

  • Costs and Benefits through Bureaucratic Lenses: Example of a Highway Project

    Open AccessAnthony E Boardman, Anthony Boardman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1993Cited by: 9References: 7

    Anthony Boardman, Aidan Vining, W. G. Waters, II, Costs and Benefits through Bureaucratic Lenses: Example of a Highway Project, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Summer, 1993), pp. 532-555

  • Prison labor markets: The supply issue

    Open AccessDenton Marks, Aidan R Vining et al.ARTICLEPolicy Sciences1986References: 6

  • Reply to hosticka on risk- and cost-benefit analysis

    Open AccessPeter N Nemetz, Aidan R Vining et al.ARTICLEPolicy Sciences1982

  • Toxic chemical regulation in Canada: Preliminary estimates of costs and benefits

    Open AccessPeter N Nemetz, John Sturdy et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Administration1982

    This paper makes an assessment of the impact of toxic chemical regulation in Canada. Ranges of costs and benefits, supplemented by survey information, analogous American data, interviews and case studies have been used to demonstrate the general usefulness of a cost‐benefit framework for public sector decision‐making even where information availability is constrained and complete analysis is not feasible. It is concluded that, with few exceptions…