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Working PaperPublication 2015Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Cities
This paper provides a short introduction to the use of benefit-cost analysis to assess interventions …
This paper provides a short introduction to the use of benefit-cost analysis to assess interventions undertaken at the city or municipal level. It introduces the concepts that underlie the conduct of benefit-cost analysis, describes the major analytic components, and discusses how to tailor the analysis to the characteristics of the policy and the resources available. It concludes with a list of references for those interested in learning more.
Social Determinants | North America | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Decision Analysis | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Environmental Health | Policy/Regulation | Climate/Environment | Culture/Society | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Critical Thinking/Analysis -
ArticlePublication 2016Attention to Distribution in U.S. Regulatory Analysis
Before promulgating a major environmental, health, or safety regulation, U.S. government agencies are expected to …
Before promulgating a major environmental, health, or safety regulation, U.S. government agencies are expected to analyze the distribution of its impacts as well as its total costs and benefits. This article reviews several analyses to explore whether this expectation is being met. The authors find that agencies provide little information on distributional impacts. To the extent that these impacts are assessed, agencies often focus on the distribution of health effects and do not address the…
Social Determinants | North America | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Decision Analysis | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Climate/Environment | Health/Medicine | Critical Thinking/Analysis
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