Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2025

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Volume 12, issue 3, 2021

The Cost-Benefit Fallacy: Why Cost-Benefit Analysis Is Broken and How to Fix It pp. 395-419

Bent Flyvbjerg and Dirk W. Bester

Economic Activity and the Value of Medical Innovation during a Pandemic pp. 420-440

Casey B. Mulligan

Methodological Challenges in Estimating the Lifetime Medical Care Cost Externality of Obesity pp. 441-465

Robert C. Schell, David Just and David A. Levitsky

Institutional Roles and Goals for Retrospective Regulatory Analysis pp. 466-493

Lori S. Bennear and Jonathan B. Wiener

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Climate Action pp. 494-517

Dominique Bureau, Alain Quinet and Katheline Schubert

The Benefits and Costs of Automotive Regulations for Low-Income Americans pp. 518-549

Kylie Conrad and John D. Graham

Volume 12, issue 2, 2021

The Welfare Cost of Vaccine Misallocation, Delays and Nationalism pp. 199-226

Christian Gollier

Poverty, Irrationality, and the Value of Cash Transfers pp. 227-257

Daniel Acland

The Influence of Individual Characteristics and Institutional Norms on Bureaucrats’ Use of Cost–Benefit Analysis: A Choice Experiment pp. 258-286

Johanna Jussila Hammes, Lena Nerhagen and Heather C. Fors

Quantifying the Non-Use Value of Biodiversity in Cost–Benefit Analysis: The Dutch Biodiversity Points pp. 287-312

Frits Bos and Arjan Ruijs

Accounting for the Effects of Employment, Equity, and Risk Aversion in Cost–Benefit Analysis: An Application to an Adaptation Project pp. 313-334

Ambika Markanday, Anil Markandya, Elisa Sainz de Murieta and Ibon Galarraga

Risk-Informed Benefit–Cost Analysis for Homeland Security R&D: Methodology and an Application to Evaluating the Advanced Personal Protection System for Wildland Firefighters pp. 335-366

Stephanie Michelle Thrift and Detlof von Winterfeldt

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Social Media Facilitated Bystander Programs pp. 367-393

Axel Ebers and Stephan Thomsen

Open Access in Scientific Information: Sustainability Model and Business Plan for the Infrastructure and Organization of OpenAIRE –Corrigendum pp. 394-394

Phoebe Koundouri, Nikos Chatzistamoulou, Osiel González Dávila, Amerissa Giannouli, Nikolaos Kourogenis, Anastasios Xepapadeas and Petros Xepapadeas

Volume 12, issue 1, 2021

Extending the Domain of the Value of a Statistical Life pp. 1-23

W Viscusi

Incidence and Costs of Personal and Property Crimes in the USA, 2017 pp. 24-54

Ted R. Miller, Mark Cohen, David I. Swedler, Bina Ali and Delia V. Hendrie

Accounting for the Distribution of Benefits and Costs in Benefit–Cost Analysis pp. 64-84

James Hammitt

Economic Evaluation of Investments in Airports: Recent Developments pp. 85-121

Peter Forsyth, Hans-Martin Niemeier and Eric Tchouamou Njoya

Addressing Fundamental Uncertainty in Benefit–Cost Analysis: The Case of Deep Seabed Mining pp. 122-151

Kerry Krutilla, David Good, Michael Toman and Tijen Arin

Cost–Benefit Assessment of Public Investments in France: The Use of Counter-Experts pp. 152-169

Luc Baumstark, Roger Guesnerie, Jincheng Ni and Jean-Paul Ourliac

Open Access in Scientific Information: Sustainability Model and Business Plan for the Infrastructure and Organization of OpenAIRE pp. 170-198

Phoebe Koundouri, Nikos Chatzistamoulou, Osiel González Dávila, Amerissa Giannouli, Nikolaos Kourogenis, Anastasios Xepapadeas and Petros Xepapadeas

Volume 11, issue 3, 2020

Forming COVID-19 Policy Under Uncertainty pp. 341-356

Charles Manski

Publication Selection Biases in Stated Preference Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life pp. 357-379

Clayton J. Masterman and W Viscusi

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Community-Led Total Sanitation: Incorporating Results from Recent Evaluations pp. 380-417

Mark Radin, Marc Jeuland, Hua Wang and Dale Whittington

Value of Improved Information about Environmental Protection Values: Toward a Benefit–Cost Analysis of Public-Good Valuation Studies pp. 418-440

Jon Strand and Sauleh Siddiqui

Is Existence Value Appropriate for Regulatory Benefit–Cost Analysis? pp. 441-456

Seth Binder

Efficiency without Apology: Consideration of the Marginal Excess Tax Burden and Distributional Impacts in Benefit–Cost Analysis pp. 457-478

Anthony Boardman, David Greenberg, Aidan Vining and David Weimer

Retrospective Benefit–Cost Analysis of Security-Enhancing and Cost-Saving Technologies pp. 479-500

Robert Farrow and Detlof von Winterfeldt

Averting Expenditures and Willingness to Pay for Electricity Supply Reliability pp. 501-523

Naghmeh Niroomand and Glenn Jenkins

Volume 11, issue 2, 2020

Ten Guidelines for Better Tables pp. 151-178

Jonathan Schwabish

The Benefits and Costs of Using Social Distancing to Flatten the Curve for COVID-19 pp. 179-195

Linda Thunström, Stephen Newbold, David Finnoff, Madison Ashworth and Jason Shogren

Behavioral Welfare Economics pp. 196-220

Cass R. Sunstein

The Perception and Excessive Valuation of Small, Publicized Drinking Water Risks pp. 221-243

W Viscusi, Joel Huber and Jason Bell

Social Discounting and the Cost of Public Funds: A Practitioner’s Perspective pp. 244-271

Michael Spackman

A Partial Review of Seven Official Guidelines for Cost-Benefit Analysis pp. 272-293

Peter Abelson

Achieving Economically Feasible Drinking Water Regulation pp. 294-318

Richard B. Belzer

The Consent Justification for Benefit–Cost Analysis pp. 319-340

Richard O. Zerbe

Volume 11, issue 1, 2019

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Past, Present, and Future pp. 2-37

Jim Tozzi

Jim Tozzi’s Latest on Centralized Regulatory Review pp. 38-40

James C. Miller

Commentary on Jim Tozzi, “Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Past, Present, and Future” pp. 41-48

Christopher DeMuth

Cost-Benefit Analysis Without the B: How Rewriting OIRA’s Past Threatens Its Future pp. 49-54

Sally Katzen

A Future for Federal Regulatory Budgeting? pp. 55-61

John D. Graham

Regulatory Oversight and Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Historical Perspective pp. 62-70

Susan E. Dudley

What Makes OIRA Work: A Commentary on Jim Tozzi’s “Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Past, Present, and Future” pp. 71-75

Howard Shelanski

A Retrospective Benefit-Cost Analysis on the Elwha River Restoration Project pp. 76-100

Allen Bellas and Lea-Rachel Kosnik

Evaluating the Economic Viability of Public Investments in Tourism pp. 101-130

Onil Banerjee, Martín Cicowiez and Adela Moreda

Monetizing Bowser: A Contingent Valuation of the Statistical Value of Dog Life pp. 131-149

Deven Carlson, Simon Haeder, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Carol Silva and David Weimer

Monetizing Bowser: A Contingent Valuation of the Statistical Value of Dog Life – Corrigendum pp. 150-150

Deven Carlson, Simon Haeder, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Carol Silva and David Weimer

Volume 10, issue S1, 2019

Conducting Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-14

Lisa Robinson, James Hammitt, Dean T. Jamison and Damian G. Walker

Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Global Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 15-50

Lisa Robinson, James Hammitt and O’Keeffe, Lucy

Valuing Changes in Time Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 51-72

Dale Whittington and Joseph Cook

Accounting for Timing when Assessing Health-Related Policies pp. 73-105

Karl Claxton, Miqdad Asaria, Collins Chansa, Julian Jamison, James Lomas, Jessica Ochalek and Mike Paulden

Valuing Protection against Health-Related Financial Risks pp. 106-131

Jonathan Skinner, Kalipso Chalkidou and Dean T. Jamison

Comparing the Application of CEA and BCA to Tuberculosis Control Interventions in South Africa pp. 132-153

Thomas Wilkinson, Fiammetta Bozzani, Anna Vassall, Michelle Remme and Edina Sinanovic

Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Package of Early Childhood Interventions to Improve Nutrition in Haiti pp. 154-184

Brad Wong and Mark Radin

Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Air Pollution Control in the Indian Power Sector pp. 185-205

Maureen Cropper, Sarath Guttikunda, Puja Jawahar, Zachary Lazri, Kabir Malik, Xiao-Peng Song and Xinlu Yao

Standardized Sensitivity Analysis in BCA: An Education Case Study pp. 206-223

Elina Pradhan and Dean T. Jamison

Volume 10, issue 3, 2019

Rear Visibility and Some Unresolved Problems for Economic Analysis (With Notes on Experience Goods) pp. 317-350

Cass R. Sunstein

Fukushima: U.S. Response and the Short-Term Impact on U.S.-Japan Trade in Fish and Seafood pp. 351-378

Peter Vardon, Aliya Sassi, Yuqing Zheng and Dileep Birur

Should Benefit-Cost Analysis Include a Correction for the Marginal Excess Burden of Taxation? pp. 379-403

Frits Bos, Thomas van der Pol and Gerbert Romijn

When Benefit-Cost Analysis Becomes Optional: Regulatory Analysis at the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the CPSIA Era pp. 404-433

Deborah V. Aiken

Thunder Versus Lightning: A Performance and Cost Analysis of the A-10 “Warthog” Versus the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pp. 434-468

John Green and Richard Zeckhauser

Ragweed in Denmark: Should We Prevent Introduction or Mitigate Damages? pp. 469-502

Jesper S. Schou and Frank Jensen

Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium pp. 503-553

Joni Hersch

Volume 10, issue 2, 2019

How Systems Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, or Benefit-Cost Analysis First Became Influential in Federal Government Program Decision-Making pp. 146-155

Alain Enthoven

Valuing Children’s Fatality Risk Reductions pp. 156-177

Lisa Robinson, William J. Raich, James Hammitt and O’Keeffe, Lucy

The Value of the Risk to Life in the Context of Crime pp. 178-205

Emilio Picasso and Mariana Conte Grand

Dynamic Benefit-Cost Analysis for Uncertain Futures pp. 206-225

Susan E. Dudley, Daniel R. Pérez, Brian F. Mannix and Christopher Carrigan

Muddling-Through and Deep Learning for Managing Large-Scale Uncertain Risks pp. 226-250

Tony Cox

From Football to Oil Rigs: Risk Assessment for Combined Cyber and Physical Attacks pp. 251-273

Fred S. Roberts

Nuclear War as a Global Catastrophic Risk pp. 274-295

James Scouras

Responsible Precautions for Uncertain Environmental Risks pp. 296-315

W Viscusi, Joel Huber and Jason Bell

Volume 10, issue 1, 2019

Most Consumers Don’t Buy Hybrids: Is Rational Choice a Sufficient Explanation? pp. 1-38

Denvil Duncan, Arthur Lin Ku, Alyssa Julian, Sanya Carley, Saba Siddiki, Nikolaos Zirogiannis and John D. Graham

Retrospective Evaluation of the Costs of Complying with Light-Duty Vehicle Surface Coating Requirements pp. 39-64

Ann Wolverton, Ann Ferris and Nathalie Simon

Benefit-Cost Analysis, Policy Impacts, and Congressional Hearings pp. 65-94

Deven Carlson, Joseph Ripberger, Wesley Wehde, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Carol Silva, Kuhika Gupta, Benjamin Jones and Robert Berrens

Estimates of Law Enforcement Costs by Crime Type for Benefit-Cost Analyses pp. 95-123

Priscillia Hunt, Jessica Saunders and Beau Kilmer

Cost-Benefit Analysis Theory versus Practice at the World Bank 1960 to 2015 pp. 124-144

William Ward