Regulators are sometimes prevented from setting standards on a firm-by-firm basis. Such restrictions seem inefficient, and rationales for their prevalance have been in terms of politics or fairness. While the requirement that regulation be uniform does not allow the agency to commit to future standards, it does mean that what is required from one firm must be required from them all. Regulated f...

The failure of information systems has been partially the result of incorrect or inefficient rework in the development of the systems. If greater transparency can be made in the decision making process then the number of examples of incorrect or inefficient rework could be reduced. Transparency in the process of development can be achieved through identifying and tracking the components of the ...

This paper examines a class of economies with externalities, strategic complementarity or substitutability, and incomplete information. We first characterize efficient allocations and compare them to equilibrium. We show how the optimal degree of coordination and the efficient use of information depend on the primitives of the environment, and how this relates to the welfare losses due to volat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficiency of the Family Health Strategy in actions related to hypertension. METHODS Evaluative, cross-sectional quantitative research based on secondary data of 66 small municipalities located in the state of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil, with maximum potential coverage of 100% by the Family Health Strategy in 2007. Input indicators, products and results were eva...