Publication, Teaching Resource
2015
White Paper: Retrospective Benefit-Cost Analysis
In this article the authors consider how benefit-cost analysis can be used retrospectively to promote …
In this article the authors consider how benefit-cost analysis can be used retrospectively to promote understanding of the impacts after a policy is implemented. Serving as a brief primer, the authors propose that analysis can be useful for identifying needed reforms as well as in improving the conduct of future prospective analyses. The major challenges relate to estimating what would have occurred in the absence of the policy and separating the effects of the policy…
Priority Setting/Ethics
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Benefit-Cost Analysis
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Culture/Society
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Policy/Regulation
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Social Determinants
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Environmental Health
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Economics/Finance
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Government/Law
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North America
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College
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Graduate
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Doctoral
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Critical Thinking/Analysis
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Policy Translation