Designing Public Policies

The textbook "Designing Public Policies" by Francisco J. André offers an innovative perspective on the evaluation of economic policies. It combines two analytical strategies: computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis, which is often used to quantify the impacts of economic measures, and the multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach, which deals with multi-objective problems. This combination allows for the development of models that take into account the interactions of many actors and the objectives of a decision-maker. The book provides both methodological and applied contributions and establishes a framework for analyzing such issues. Notably, it emphasizes the application of these techniques to environmental issues, which are becoming increasingly important today and must be considered in many economic decisions. Therefore, the systematic integration of environmental aspects into the evaluation of policy measures is of great relevance.