Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

2010 - 2025

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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 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

Volume 7, issue 3, 2016

Process, Ideology, and Willingness to Pay for Reducing Childhood Poverty pp. 373-399

Semra Ozdemir, F. Reed Johnson and Dale Whittington

The Merits of Universal Scholarships: Benefit-Cost Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise pp. 400-433

Timothy Bartik, Brad Hershbein and Marta Lachowska

Are Current U.S. Anti-Bullying Programs Net Beneficial to Parents? Inferences from School Switching 1 pp. 434-458

Mark D. Agee and Thomas D. Crocker

Contingent Valuation and the Policymaking Process: An Application to Used Nuclear Fuel in the United States pp. 459-487

Deven E. Carlson, Joseph T. Ripberger, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, Carol L. Silva, Kuhika Gupta, Robert Berrens and Benjamin Jones

Green Roof Cost-Benefit Analysis: Special Emphasis on Scenic Benefits pp. 488-522

Väinö Nurmi, Athanasios Votsis, Adriaan Perrels and Susanna Lehvävirta

Regulatory Process, Regulatory Reform, and the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis 1 pp. 523-559

Jerry Ellig and Rosemarie Fike

Volume 7, issue 2, 2016

A Simple Stated Preference Tool for Estimating the Value of Travel Time in Rural Africa pp. 221-247

Joseph Cook, Peter Kimuyu, Annalise G. Blum and Josephine Gatua

Hedonic Vices: Fixing Inferences about Willingness to Pay in Recent House-Value Studies 1 pp. 248-291

John Yinger and Phuong Nguyen-Hoang

The Private and Social Benefits of Double Majors pp. 292-325

Alison Del Rossi and Joni Hersch

How Effective Are Federally Mandated Information Disclosures? pp. 326-349

Arthur G. Fraas and Randall Lutter

Bureaucratic Benefit-Cost Analysis and Policy Controversy pp. 350-371

Ryan P. Scott, Tyler A. Scott and Richard Zerbe

Volume 7, issue 1, 2016

[Ir]rationality, Happiness, and Benefit-Cost Analysis: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-11

Lisa Robinson

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Unified Approach to Behavioral Welfare Economics1 pp. 12-68

B. Douglas Bernheim

Rational Benefit Assessment for an Irrational World: Toward a Behavioral Transfer Test1 pp. 69-91

W Viscusi and Ted Gayer

Do We Need a New Behavioral Benchmark for BCA?1 pp. 92-106

Jason Shogren and Linda Thunstrom

Cost-Benefit Analysis, Who’s Your Daddy?1 pp. 107-120

Cass Sunstein

Unequal Life Chances and Choices: How Subjective Well-Being Metrics Can Inform Benefit-Cost Analysis pp. 121-146

Carol Graham

Bad Air Days: The Effects of Air Quality on Different Measures of Subjective Well-Being pp. 147-195

Paul Dolan and Kate Laffan

Behavioral Economics, Happiness Surveys, and Public Policy1 pp. 196-219

Matthew D. Adler