Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue S2, 2025

Regulatory Impact Analysis Guidelines: Introduction to Special Issue pp. 150-151

Susan E. Dudley and Thomas Kniesner

Letter from Former SBCA Presidents and JBCA Editors to OIRA Administrator pp. 152-158

Arnold C. Harberger, Richard O. Zerbe, Glenn Paul Jenkins, Joseph J. Cordes, David L. Weimer, Lisa A. Robinson, Kip Viscusi, Susan E. Dudley, Lynn A. Karoly, Donald Kenkel, Clark Nardinelli, Craig Thornton, Dale Whittington, Thomas Kniesner and William Hoyt

What OIRA Peer Reviewers Advised Regarding Notable Proposed Updates to Circular A-4: An Ignored Consensus? pp. 159-178

Glenn C. Blomquist

Revision of Circular A-4 Is Warranted to Reflect the Advances in Scholarship Relevant to Regulatory Analysis, but Some Caveats Are in Order pp. 179-190

Joseph J. Cordes

Guidance Is Not Enough: U.S. Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis” pp. 191-206

Lisa A. Robinson

Viscusi Circular A-4 Peer Review Comments and Guidance for Future Revisions pp. 207-224

W. Kip Viscusi

Ensuring Durability and Objectivity in Regulatory Analysis: Comments on OMB Circular A-4 pp. 225-247

Susan E. Dudley

Economic Efficiency-Based Benefit–Cost Analysis: Comments on Circular A-4 pp. 248-275

Donald Kenkel

Specifying the Baseline in Benefit–Cost Analysis: Comments on U.S. Draft Circular A4 pp. 276-283

Dale Whittington

Advice on Guidance: Peer Review of Draft Circular A-4 “Regulatory Analysis” pp. 284-301

Glenn C. Blomquist

Be Brief, Be Consistent, Be Neutral: Comments on US Draft Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis” pp. 302-314

Scott Farrow

Comparing the Draft and Final Circular A-4 pp. 315-325

Mark Febrizio, Sarah Hay and Zhoudan Xie

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 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 16, issue 1, 2025

The Coordination Value of Regulation pp. 1-12

Ellie F. Baker and Cass R. Sunstein

What Are the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead on Personality? pp. 13-27

Arthur Fraas, Randall Lutter, Joshua Murphy, Qinrui Xiahou, Jeff Potter and Samuel D. Gosling

Cost–Benefit Analysis of Bus Fare Subsidies under Financial Constraints: The Case of Asunción, Paraguay pp. 28-51

Luis Ignacio Rizzi, Angelo Cherubini, Eduardo Koffmann and Paula Fariña

Ex-Ante Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Legalizing Cannabis Markets in the Czech Republic pp. 52-78

Jakub Čihák, Libor Dušek and Vendula Běláčková

Funding a Just Transition Away from Coal in the U.S. Considering Avoided Damage from Air Pollution pp. 79-106

Luke R. Dennin and Nicholas Muller

The Shadow Prices of Voluntary Caregiving: Using Well-Being Panel Data to Estimate the Cost of Informal Care pp. 107-136

Rebecca McDonald and Nattavudh Powdthavee

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