Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2024

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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 B. 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

Volume 9, issue 3, 2018

Differential and Distributional Effects of Energy Efficiency Surveys: Evidence from Electricity Consumption pp. 375-406

Thomas Kniesner and Galib Rustamov

The Income Elasticity of Global Values of a Statistical Life: Stated Preference Evidence pp. 407-434

Clayton J. Masterman and W Viscusi

Can Analysis of Policy Decisions Spur Participation? pp. 435-461

Stuart Shapiro

Benefits and Costs of Regulating and Restricting Chemicals: The European Union’s REACH System and Its Effects on the Austrian Economy pp. 462-495

Michael Getzner and Denise Schulz-Zak

A Retrospective and Commentary on FDA’s Bar Code Rule pp. 496-518

Aaron Kearsley, Nellie Lew and Clark Nardinelli

Some Pitfalls of Practical Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 519-530

Clark Nardinelli

Volume 9, issue 2, 2018

Best Estimate Selection Bias in the Value of a Statistical Life pp. 205-246

W Viscusi

Retrospective Analyses Are Hard: A Cautionary Tale from EPA’s Air Toxics Regulations pp. 247-284

Art Fraas and Alex Egorenkov

Retrospective Analysis of U.S. Federal Environmental Regulation pp. 285-304

Richard Morgenstern

Examining the perceptions and effects of survey consequentiality across population subgroups pp. 305-322

O. Ashton Morgan, William L. Huth and Paul Hindsley

A benefit-cost analysis of a red drum stock enhancement program in South Carolina pp. 323-341

R. J. Rhodes, John Whitehead, T. I. J. Smith and M. R. Denson

Cost-Benefit and Fiscal Impact Analysis of Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit (OHPTC) pp. 342-373

Tatyana Guzman

Volume 9, issue 1, 2018

Valuing Ecological Improvements in the Chesapeake Bay and the Importance of Ancillary Benefits pp. 1-26

Chris Moore, Dennis Guignet, Chris Dockins, Kelly Maguire and Nathalie B. Simon

Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis and the National Accounts pp. 27-66

Nicholas Muller

Welfare Analysis: Bridging the Partial and General Equilibrium Divide for Policy Analysis pp. 67-83

Robert Farrow and Adam Rose

Application of BCA in Europe – Experiences and Challenges pp. 84-96

Henrik Andersson

Environmental Valuation and Benefit-Cost Analysis in U.K. Policy pp. 97-119

Giles Atkinson, Ben Groom, Nick Hanley and Susana Mourato

Economic Analysis and Investment Priorities in Sweden’s Transport Sector pp. 120-146

Henrik Andersson, Lars Hultkrantz, Gunnar Lindberg and Jan-Eric Nilsson

Cost-Benefit Analysis and European Union Cohesion Policy: Economic Versus Financial Returns in Investment Project Appraisal pp. 147-180

Massimo Florio, Valentina Morretta and Witold Willak

Benefit-Cost Analysis in EU Chemicals Legislation: Experiences from over 100 REACH Applications for Authorisation pp. 181-204

Stavros Georgiou, Christoph Rheinberger and Matti Vainio

Volume 8, issue 3, 2017

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The New U.S. Regulatory Budgeting Rules in Light of the International Experience pp. 291-304

Andrea Renda

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety: Facing the Methodological Challenges pp. 305-329

Maria Ponomarenko and Barry Friedman

Closing the Gap: The Need for Inclusive Benefit-cost Analysis in Policing pp. 330-338

Ryan Fackler, Christian Henrichson, Elizabeth Jànszky and S. Rebecca Neusteter

Benefit-Cost Analysis in Policing Research: Assessing Crime-Control Benefits of Proactive Enforcement Practices pp. 339-347

Amanda Geller

Evaluating Proactive Police Units: A Case Study of Retrospective Benefit-Cost Analysis with Nonexperimental Data pp. 348-359

Rebecca Goldstein

Estimating the Effects of Police Technology Using Quasi-Experimental Methods pp. 360-368

Jillian Carr

The Social Cost of a Racially Targeted Police Encounter 1 pp. 369-384

Mark Cohen

Estimation of Broad-Scale Tradeoffs in Community Policing Policies pp. 385-398

Richard Carson and Jordan J. Louviere

Volume 8, issue 2, 2017

China’s Cap on Coal and the Efficiency of Local Interventions: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Phasing out Coal in Power Plants and in Households in Beijing 1 pp. 147-186

Yana Jin, Henrik Andersson and Shiqiu Zhang

Consumer’s Guide to Regulatory Impact Analysis: Ten Tips for Being an Informed Policymaker pp. 187-204

Susan Dudley, Richard Belzer, Glenn Blomquist, Timothy Brennan, Christopher Carrigan, Joseph Cordes, Louis A. Cox, Arthur Fraas, John Graham, George Gray, James Hammitt, Kerry Krutilla, Peter Linquiti, Randall Lutter, Brian Mannix, Stuart Shapiro, Anne Smith, W Viscusi and Richard Zerbe

Estimating the Values of Mortality Risk Reductions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 1 pp. 205-214

Lisa Robinson

Extrapolating the Value Per Statistical Life Between Populations: Theoretical Implications pp. 215-225

James Hammitt

Income Elasticities and Global Values of a Statistical Life pp. 226-250

W Viscusi and Clayton J. Masterman

Building a Set of Internationally Comparable Value of Statistical Life Studies: Estimates of Chinese Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risk pp. 251-289

Sandra Hoffmann, Alan Krupnick and Ping Qin

Volume 8, issue 1, 2017

The Efficiency Potential in Social Programs: Accounting for Heterogeneity in Benefit-Cost Analysis 1 pp. 1-23

Nicolai Kristensen, Christophe Kolodziejczyk, Iben Bolvig and Kurt Houlberg

Evaluating Willingness to Pay as a Measure of the Impact of Dyslexia in Adults pp. 24-48

Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Bennett A. Shaywitz, John M. Holahan, Karen E. Marchione, Reissa Michaels, Sally E. Shaywitz and James Hammitt

On the Distributional Implications of Safe Drinking Water Standards pp. 49-90

Dennis C. Cory and Lester Taylor

A Simple GDP-based Model for Public Investments at Risk pp. 91-114

Bernard Lapeyre and Emile Quinet

Potential Barriers to Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings: The Case of Supermarket Refrigeration 1 pp. 115-145

Heather Klemick, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton