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9780833033109

Challenges in Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing Analysis of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service

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  • ISBN13:

    9780833033109

  • ISBN10:

    0833033107

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-20
  • Publisher: RAND Corporation
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Summary

Examining the price structure of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and its impact on customer demand, workload, and equity in pricing.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Figures
vii
Tables
ix
Summary xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Acronyms xix
Introduction
1(2)
Dfas Background
3(4)
Dfas Organization
3(1)
Dfas Services
3(2)
Dfas Pricing
5(2)
Prices Matter Most When Customers Have Some Choice
7(10)
How Customer Behavior Might Vary Depending on Pricing
8(4)
Changing the Quantity of Work Demanded
8(1)
Changing Service Providers
8(1)
Changing How Service Is Provided
9(3)
Will EC Approaches Save DFAS and Its Customers Money in the Long Run?
12(3)
The Burden Customers Place on DFAS
15(1)
Summary
16(1)
How Simple Prices Lead to Cross-Customer Subsidies
17(6)
Expenditure Differences by Output and by Location
17(1)
Computing Average Location-Specific Costs and Subsidization
18(4)
Alternative Pricing Options
22(1)
Why Dfas's Cost Structure Points to Nonlinear Pricing
23(6)
Has Hourly Billing for Accounting Changed Dfas Behavior?
29(16)
Defining ``Moral Hazard''
30(1)
How Do Private-Sector Accountants Deal with The Moral Hazard Issue?
31(3)
Testing for Moral Hazard
34(3)
Data Analysis
37(6)
Why Did DFAS Not Respond to the Moral Hazard?
43(2)
Conclusions
45(4)
Pricing and Billing Policies: Findings by Chapter
45(1)
Further Reform of DFAS Pricing Policies
46(3)
References 49

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