Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue S1, 2025

Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-2

Susan E. Dudley

Regulatory Impact Analysis and Litigation Risk pp. 3-21

Christopher Carrigan, Jerry Ellig and Zhoudan Xie

Reorganization of Economists at the FCC: The Role of Decision Rights, Control Systems, and Culture pp. 22-43

Jerry Ellig, Wayne Leighton and Giulia McHenry

Regulatory Reform: Results and Challenges pp. 44-59

Susan E. Dudley and Jerry Ellig

Benefit–cost analysis in the 5.9 GHz band pp. 60-83

Thomas Hazlett

Is Communications-Company Ownership of Video Content a Threat to Competition? pp. 84-95

Robert W. Crandall

Applying the Regulatory Report Card to Tax Regulations pp. 96-111

Bridget C.E. Dooling and Kristin E. Hickman

Don’t TREAD on Anyone? The Political Economy and Effectiveness of Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems pp. 112-133

Sean E. Mulholland

“What’s Your Problem?”: Building an Evidence-Based System of Regulatory Analysis from the Bottom-Up pp. 134-138

Reeve T. Bull

On the Design of a Regulatory System pp. 139-143

Patrick A. McLaughlin and Tyler Richards

The Incomparable Jerry Ellig pp. 144-149

Richard A. Williams

Volume 15, issue S1, 2024

Ethics and Benefit–Cost Analysis: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-5

Lisa Robinson

The Right Numeraire or the Just Weights? How to Make BCA Rational and Fair pp. 6-25

Marc Fleurbaey and James Hammitt

Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy: A New Approach pp. 26-51

Matthew D. Adler

The Global Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Benefit–Cost Analysis and Social Welfare Analysis pp. 52-83

Maddalena Ferranna

From Benefit–Cost Analysis to Social Welfare: A Pragmatic Approach pp. 84-109

Maddalena Ferranna, James Hammitt and Lisa Robinson

The Value of Life in the Social Cost of Carbon: A Critique and a Proposal pp. 110-126

John Broome

Lessons from Applying Value of Statistical Life and Alternate Methods to Benefit–Cost Analysis to Inform Development Spending pp. 127-154

Alice Redfern, Sindy Li, Martin Gould, Felipe Acero and Daniel Stein

The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model pp. 155-182

Jp Sevilla

Citizen Preferences and BCA: A Model of Willingness-to-Pay behind a Veil of Ignorance pp. 183-205

Morgan Beeson, Susan Chilton, Hugh Metcalf and Jytte Seested Nielsen

Monetizing Animal Welfare Impacts for Benefit–Cost Analysis pp. 206-223

Mark Budolfson, Romain Espinosa, Bob Fischer and Nicolas Treich

Volume 15, issue 3, 2024

The Costs and Benefits of a Local DNA Database pp. 374-394

Gregory DeAngelo, Michael Krouse and Ryan Quandt

Estimated Values of Avoiding Cancer Risks by Cancer Site and Population pp. 395-439

Matthew LaPenta, Lauren Masatsugu, L. Elizabeth Riess and Emma Glidden-Lyon

Forecast Errors and Welfare Conclusions Based on the Flyvbjerg Database pp. 440-455

Timo Valila

Economic Evaluation Under Ambiguity and Structural Uncertainties pp. 456-476

Brendon Andrews

Volume 15, issue 2, 2024

Efficiency vs. Welfare in Benefit–Cost Analysis: The Case of Government Funding pp. 224-251

Zachary Liscow and Cass R. Sunstein

Why Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Social Welfare Function Is Not Society’s Social Welfare Function pp. 252-275

W Viscusi

Renewable Energy Support Through Feed-in Tariffs: A Retrospective Stakeholder Analysis pp. 276-301

Majid Hashemi, Glenn Jenkins and Frank Milne

Estimating Lost Dividends from Incomplete Energy Access Transitions pp. 302-334

Emily L. Pakhtigian, Marc Jeuland, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Jonathan Phillips

Adaptable Tool for Modeling the Benefits and Costs of Substance Use Disorder Recovery Programs pp. 335-350

Madison Ashworth, David Johnson and Robin Thompson

An Ancillary Effect of Patient Navigation Following Detox: Fewer Arrests pp. 351-373

Robert Rosenman, Carolyn Noonan, Clemma Muller, Rich Maclehose, Jodi Trojan, Erin Poole and Spero M. Manson

Volume 15, issue 1, 2024

Regulators Should Value Nonhuman Animals pp. 1-13

Cass R. Sunstein

Valuing a Reduction in the Risk and Severity of Asthma: A Large Scale Multi-Country Stated Preference Approach pp. 14-86

Gildas Appéré, Damien Dussaux, Alan Krupnick and Muriel Travers

Open Exceptions: Why Does the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) Exempts RIA and Ex Post Reviews? pp. 87-104

Natasha Schmitt Caccia Salinas and Lucas Thevenard Gomes

Policy Diffusion, Environmental Federalism, and Economic Efficiency – How Institutions Influence the Implementation of EU Legislation in Two Nordic Countries pp. 105-127

Lena Nerhagen and Johanna Jussila Hammes

The Influence of the Benefit–Cost Analysis on Policy Evaluation in the European Union pp. 128-141

Kristina Gogic

Valuing a Reduction in the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Large-Scale Multi-Country Stated Preference Approach pp. 142-162

Chris Dockins, Damien Dussaux, Charles Griffiths, Sandra Hoffmann and Nathalie Simon

Mask Mandate Costs pp. 163-191

Patrick Carlin, Shyam Raman, Kosali Simon, Ryan Sullivan and Coady Wing

Do Opportunity Costs of Regulations Appropriately Benefit or Inappropriately Burden Disadvantaged Consumers? pp. 192-203

Donald Kenkel

A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution pp. 204-222

Thomas Kniesner and W Viscusi

The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model – CORRIGENDUM pp. 223-223

J.P. Sevilla

Volume 14, issue S1, 2023

Save 4.2 Million Lives and Generate $1.1 Trillion in Economic Benefits for Only $41 Billion: Introduction to the Special Issue on the Most Efficient Policies for the Sustainable Development Goals pp. 1-15

Bjorn Lomborg

An Investment Case for the Scale-up and Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets Halfway into the SDG Targets pp. 16-54

Rima Shretta and Randolph Ngwafor Anye

Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries pp. 55-80

Noam Angrist, Elisabetta Aurino, Harry Patrinos, George Psacharopoulos, Emiliana Vegas, Ralph Nordjo and Brad Wong

The Investment Case for E-Government Procurement: A Cost–Benefit Analysis pp. 81-107

Erica Bosio, Gavin Hayman and Nancy Dubosse

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Increased Trade: An Order-of-Magnitude Estimate of the Benefit–Cost Ratio pp. 108-135

James Feyrer, Vladimir Tyazhelnikov, Benjamin Aleman-Castilla and Brad Wong

Sustainable Development Goal Halftime Project: Benefit-Cost Analysis Using Methods from the Decade of Vaccine Economics Model pp. 136-180

Bryan Patenaude, Salin Sriudomporn and Joshua Mak

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Increased Funding for Agricultural Research and Development in the Global South pp. 181-205

Mark W. Rosegrant, Brad Wong, Timothy Sulser, Nancy Dubosse and Travis J. Lybbert

Achieving Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Development Goals Effectively: A Cost-Benefit Analysis pp. 206-234

Nyovani Madise, Arindam Nandi, Brad Wong and Saleema Razvi

Investing in Nutrition: A Global Best Investment Case pp. 235-254

Bjorn Larsen, John Hoddinott and Saleema Razvi

Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower–Middle-Income Countries pp. 255-271

David Watkins, Sali Ahmed and Sarah Pickersgill

The Investment Case for Land Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cost–Benefit Analysis pp. 272-300

Frank F.K. Byamugisha and Nancy Dubosse

A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Increased International Migration of Skilled Labor in Africa and the World pp. 301-336

Keith Maskus

One Million Lives Saved Per Year: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of the Global Plan to End Tuberculosis, 2023–2030 and Beyond pp. 337-354

Carel Pretorius, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Sandip Mandal, Suvanand Sahu, Madhukar Pai, Roland Mathiasson and Brad Wong

Sustainable Development Goal Halftime Project: Benefit-Cost Analysis Using Methods from the Decade of Vaccine Economics Model – CORRIGENDUM pp. 355-355

Bryan Patenaude, Salin Sriudomporn and Joshua Mak

Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower–Middle-Income Countries – CORRIGENDUM pp. 356-356

David Watkins, Sali Ahmed and Sarah Pickersgill

Volume 14, issue 3, 2023

Redistributive Regulations and Deadweight Loss pp. 407-436

Daniel J. Hemel

Differences by Race and Ethnicity in Title IX’s Effect on Women’s Health pp. 437-450

Delaney Beck, Joni Hersch and W Viscusi

Cost–Benefit Analysis of an “Average” Professional Sports Team or Stadium in the United States pp. 451-477

Cristian Sepulveda

Volume 14, issue 2, 2023

Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions pp. 191-204

Arthur G. Fraas, John D. Graham, Kerry M. Krutilla, Randall Lutter, Jason F. Shogren, Linda Thunström and W Viscusi

Distribution and Disputation: Net Benefits, Equity, and Public Decision-Making pp. 205-229

Spencer Banzhaf

An Assessment of the Climate Damage Costs of European Short-Lived Climate Forcers pp. 230-250

Stefan Åström and Lovisa Källmark

The Welfare Cost of Beijing’s Lottery Policy: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Survey pp. 251-274

Ping Qin, Yifei Quan, Antung A. Liu, Joshua Linn and Jun Yang

Ex Ante Costs Versus Ex Post Costs of the Large Municipal Waste Combustor Rule pp. 275-297

Cynthia Morgan and Carl Pasurka

A Test of Hirschman’s Hiding Hand Principle in World Bank-Financed Hydropower Projects pp. 298-317

Godwin Olasehinde-Williams and Glenn Jenkins

Assessing Risk, Effectiveness, and Benefits in Transportation Regulation pp. 318-335

Deborah Vaughn Aiken and Stephen Brumbaugh

A Benefit–Cost Analysis of Tulsa Pre-K, Based on Effects on High-School Graduation and College Attendance pp. 336-355

Timothy Bartik, William T. Gormley, Sara Amadon, Douglas Hummel-Price and James Fuller

When Patients are Assailants: Valuing Occupational Risks in Health Care pp. 356-385

Elissa P. Gentry and W Viscusi

The Elasticity of Marginal Utility of Income for Distributional Weighting and Social Discounting: A Meta-Analysis pp. 386-405

Daniel Acland and David Greenberg

Volume 14, issue 1, 2023

Inequality and the Value of a Statistical Life pp. 1-7

Cass R. Sunstein

Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs pp. 8-34

Thomas Kniesner and W Viscusi

An Equity Blindspot: The Incidence of Regulatory Costs pp. 35-43

Caroline Cecot

The Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) Model for Measuring the Value of Gains in Health: An Exact Formulation pp. 44-67

Darius Lakdawalla and Charles E. Phelps

Distributional weighting and welfare/equity tradeoffs: a new approach pp. 68-92

Daniel J. Acland and David Greenberg

All Cancers Are not Created Equal: How Do Survival Prospects Affect the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Cancer? pp. 93-113

Anna Alberini, Christoph Rheinberger and Milan Ščasný

When Can Benefit–Cost Analyses Ignore Secondary Markets? pp. 114-140

Matthew J. Kotchen and Arik Levinson

Discounting in Natural Resource Damage Assessment pp. 141-161

Eric Horsch, Daniel Phaneuf, Chris Giguere, Jason Murray, Cameron Duff and Cole Kroninger

Discounting in Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Erratum pp. 162-162

Eric Horsch, Daniel Phaneuf, Chris Giguere, Jason Murray, Cameron Duff and Cole Kroninger

The Net Benefits and Residual Cost from U.S. Border Management of the Initially Inadmissible pp. 163-189

Robert Farrow