Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2014

Current editor(s): Glenn C. Blomquist and William H. Hoy

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Volume 5, issue 3, 2014

Introduction to a special issue entitled Perspectives on Implementing Benefit-Cost Analysis in Climate Assessment pp. 333-346

Sussman Fran, Grambsch Anne, Li Jia and Weaver Christopher P.

Challenges in applying the paradigm of welfare economics to climate change pp. 347-376

Sussman Fran, Weaver Christopher P. and Grambsch Anne

Integrated assessment of climate change: state of the literature pp. 377-409

Weyant John

State of the literature on the economic impacts of climate change in the United States pp. 411-443

Neumann James E. and Strzepek Kenneth

Improving the practice of economic analysis of climate change adaptation pp. 445-467

Li Jia, Mullan Michael and Helgeson Jennifer

The need for multiple types of information to inform climate change assessment pp. 469-485

Michael Toman

Embedding (some) benefit-cost concepts into decision support processes with deep uncertainty pp. 487-514

Lempert Robert J.

Volume 5, issue 2, 2014

Retrospective cost analyses of EPA regulations: a case study approach pp. 173-193

Elizabeth Kopits, Albert McGartland, Morgan Cynthia, Carl Pasurka, Ron Shadbegian, Nathalie Simon, Simpson David and Ann Wolverton

Ex ante and ex post cost estimates of the Cluster Rule and MACT II Rule pp. 195-224

Morgan Cynthia, Carl Pasurka and Ron Shadbegian

Retrospective evaluation of costs associated with methyl bromide critical use exemptions for open field strawberries in California pp. 225-257

Ann Wolverton

National primary drinking water regulation for arsenic: A retrospective assessment of costs pp. 259-284

Morgan Cynthia and Nathalie Simon

A retrospective assessment of the costs of EPA’s 1998 Locomotive Emission Standards pp. 285-314

Elizabeth Kopits

Do regulators overestimate the costs of regulation? pp. 315-332

Simpson R. David

Volume 5, issue 1, 2014

Letter from the Editors for the JBCA, Volume 5, Issue 1 (2014) June 17, 2014 pp. 1-1

Glenn Blomquist and William Hoyt

Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges pp. 3-41

Glenn Blomquist, Coomes Paul A., Christopher Jepsen, Brandon Koford and Kenneth Troske

A benefit-cost framework for early intervention to prevent sex trading pp. 43-87

Martin Lauren and Lotspeich Richard

Behavioral economics and policy evaluation pp. 89-109

Timothy Brennan

Role of BCA in TIGER grant reviews: common errors and influence on the selection process pp. 111-135

Homan Anthony C.

Identifying the analytical implications of alternative regulatory philosophies pp. 137-171

Fraas Art and Morgenstern Richard

Volume 4, issue 3, 2013

A cost-benefit analysis of Tulsa’s IDA program pp. 263-300

David Greenberg

Congressional modification of benefit-cost analysis as a vehicle for particularized benefits and a limitation on agency discretion: the case of the federal contract tower program pp. 301-333

Mills Russell W.

Benefit-cost analysis of accelerated replacement of Hong Kong’s pre-Euro IV buses pp. 335-360

Leung Weiwen

Accounting for systematic risk in benefit-cost analysis: a practical approach pp. 361-373

Hansen Jason and Lipow Jonathan

Benefit-cost analysis: government compensation vs. consumer tax model pp. 375-389

Schmitz Andrew, Haynes Dwayne J. and Schmitz Troy G.

The most appropriate discount rate pp. 391-400

David Burgess and Zerbe Richard O.

The choice of the social discount rate and the opportunity cost of public funds pp. 401-409

Moore Mark A., Anthony Boardman and Aidan Vining

Scitovsky reversals in benefit-cost analysis with normal goods pp. 411-413

Richard Just, Schmitz Andrew and Zerbe Richard O.

Volume 4, issue 2, 2013

Regional variation, holdouts, and climate treaty negotiations pp. 131-157

J Holladay and Livermore Michael A.

A cost-benefit framework for evaluating conditional cash-transfer programs pp. 159-180

Robert Brent

A cost-benefit analysis: implementing temporary disability insurance in Washington State pp. 181-208

Jacoby Dan F.

Cost-benefit analyses of sprinklers in nursing homes for elderly pp. 209-235

Jaldell Henrik

The value of a statistical life: some clarifications and puzzles pp. 237-261

Cass Sunstein

Volume 4, issue 1, 2013

More appropriate discounting: the rate of social time preference and the value of the social discount rate pp. 1-16

Moore Mark A., Anthony Boardman and Aidan Vining

Regulatory policy: what role for retrospective analysis and review? pp. 17-38

Randall Lutter

New risk rates, inter-industry differentials and the magnitude of VSL estimates pp. 39-80

Scotton Carol R.

Water quality indices and benefit-cost analysis pp. 81-105

Patrick Walsh and William Wheeler

Skills of the trade: valuing health risk reductions in benefit-cost analysis pp. 107-130

Lisa Robinson and James Hammitt

Volume 3, issue 4, 2012

Implications of a Weaker Form of Complementarity pp. 10

Neill Jon R.

Gain and Loss Domains and the Choice of Welfare Measure of Positive and Negative Changes pp. 20

Jack Knetsch, Yohanes Riyanto and Zong Jichuan

News and Social Cost: The Case of Oil Spills and Distant Viewers pp. 24

Robert Farrow and Larson Douglas M.

The Costs and Benefits of Intensive Forest Management pp. 25

Brännlund Runar, Carlén Ola, Lundgren Tommy and Marklund Per-Olov

Economic Costs and Benefits of Promoting Healthy Takeaway Meals at Workplace Canteens pp. 29

Jorgen Jensen, Morten Mørkbak and Jonas Nordström

Volume 3, issue 3, 2012

An Empirical Estimate of the Labor Response Function for Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 12

Donald Vitaliano

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Environmental Projects: A Plethora of Biases Understating Net Benefits pp. 25

Philip Graves

Taking "All Men Are Created Equal" Seriously: Toward a Metric for the Intergroup Comparison of Utility Functions Through Life Values pp. 30

Courard-Hauri David and Lauer Stephen A.

Cost Benefit Analysis of Centralized Wastewater Reuse Systems pp. 30

Liang Xiao and Pieter van Dijk Meine

External Benefits of Brownfield Redevelopment: An Applied Urban General Equilibrium Analysis pp. 33

Vermeer Niels and Wouter Vermeulen

The Economic Cost of Conscription and an Upper Bound on the Value of a Statistical Life: Hedonic Estimates from Two Margins of Response to the Vietnam Draft pp. 37

Rohlfs Chris

Volume 3, issue 2, 2012

Scitovsky Reversals and Practical Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 12

Richard Just, Andrew Schmitz and Zerbe Richard O.

Accounting for Nonmarket Impacts in a Benefit-Cost Analysis of Underground Coal Mining in New South Wales, Australia pp. 29

Gillespie Rob and Marit Kragt

The Normative Implications of Political Decision-Making for Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 36

Krutilla Kerry and Alexeev Alexander

Measuring The Social Opportunity Cost of Labor In Mexico pp. 41

Guillermo-Peon Sylvia B. and Arnold Harberger

Developing General Equilibrium Benefit Analyses for Social Programs: An Introduction and Example pp. 52

Henry Klaiber and V. Smith

Volume 3, issue 1, 2012

Skills of the Trade: The Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry pp. 9

Thorat Teja, Cangelosi Michael and Neumann Peter J.

Indirect Effects in Cost-Benefit Analysis pp. 27

Jan Rouwendal

Institutional Safeguards for Cost Benefit Analysis: Lessons from the Chilean National Investment System pp. 30

Andres Gomez-Lobo

Is Mandatory Project Evaluation Always Appropriate? Dynamic Inconsistencies of Irreversible and Reversible Projects pp. 31

Tatsuhito Kono and Notoya Hiromichi

Toward Standardization of Benefit-Cost Analysis of Early Childhood Interventions pp. 45

Karoly Lynn A.