Policy Analysis and Research

Stretton Associates analyzes complicated technical and policy issues, and communicates the results in plain English.  We specialize in translating regulations and statistical data into terms that policy-makers and the public can readily understand and act upon.  Areas of expertise include:

• Environmental regulation
• Transportation and infrastructure
• Pollution prevention and energy efficiency
• Health risk assessment and communication
• Statistical surveys

Stretton Associates has extensive experience dealing with economic analysis, statistical survey methods, quantitative data sets, and analytic methods.  We combine this technical expertise with a familiarity with the federal policy process and substantive depth of knowledge. Some examples of our work includes:

Indicators of Children's Environmental Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility Stretton provided research and writing for a Call to Action brochure, prepared for a world summit on children's health in August 2002, and jointly sponsored by PSR, UNICEF, EPA, and the World Health Organization.

Public Infrastructure Subcouncil, Competitiveness Policy Council Working with a 30-member panel of transportation experts headed by Gerald L. Baliles, former Governor of Virginia, in the early 1990's, we produced a consensus document on improving transportation and telecommunications services and financing.  The subcouncil was one of eight subcouncils established by the Competitiveness Policy Council, a bipartisan federal advisory commission charged with developing policy recommendations to improve U.S. competitiveness.

Infrastructure Financing and Municipal Bonds, Jerome Levy Economics Institute We assisted Edward V. Regan, former Comptroller of the State of New York, in developing a detailed proposal to improve the funding of transportation infrastructure while eliminating the inequities in traditional tax-exempt bond financing.