Letter to OIRA on 2009 OMB Report to Congress
Comments to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on 2009 OMB Report to Congress re the costs and benefits of regulation, by Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor and James Goodwin
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Author(s): Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, James Goodwin
A Return to Common Sense: Protecting Health, Safety, and the Environment Through Pragmatic Regulatory Impact Analysis
A Return to Common Sense: Protecting Health, Safety, and the Environment Through Pragmatic Regulatory Impact Analysis, CPR White Paper 909
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, Amy Sinden, Sidney Shapiro, James Goodwin
Regulatory Dysfunction: How Insufficient Resources, Outdated Laws, and Political Interference Cripple the 'Protector Agencies'
Regulatory Dysfunction: How Insufficient Resources, Outdated Laws, and Political Interference Cripple the 'Protector Agencies,' CPR White Paper 906
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, Sidney Shapiro, Matt Shudtz
The Cost-Benefit Dodge: Used to Dilute Regulation
The Cost-Benefit Dodge: Used to Dilute Regulation, op-ed by Catherine O'Neill and Amy Sinden
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Author(s): Catherine O'Neill, Amy Sinden
Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
The term, “Cost-benefit analysis,” is used so frequently that we rarely stop to think about it. But relying on it can lead to some dubious conclusions, as Frank Ackerman points out in this eye-opening book. Inventing dollar values for human life and health, endangered species, and fragile ecosystems does not guide us to better policies, he maintains. Cost-benefit analysis, as practiced today, could have led to damming the Grand Canyon for hydroelectric power, leaving lead in gasoline, and other absurd and harmful decisions. In Poisoned for Pennies, Ackerman uses clear, understandable language to describe an alternative, precautionary approach to making decisions under uncertainty.
Author(s): Frank Ackerman
Doubting Daubert
Doubting Daubert, by Lisa Heinzerling, White Paper 511, August 2005.
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling
Is Cost-Benefit Analysis Neutral? An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Approach to Environmental, Health, and Safety Protection
Is Cost-Benefit Analysis Neutral? An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Approach to Environmental, Health, and Safety Protection, by David M. Driesen, White Paper 507, June 2005.
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Author(s): David Driesen
The Feasibility Principle
The Feasibility Principle, by David Driesen, first in a series of papers outline alternatives to cost-benefit analysis. White Paper 407, December 2004.
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Author(s): David Driesen
Applying Cost Benefit Analysis to Past Decisions
Applying Cost Benefit Analysis to Past Decisions, by Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling, and Rachel Massey. White Paper 401, July 2004.
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman
Bush's Cost-Benefit View Carries a High Price
Bush's Cost-Benefit View Carries a High Price, op-ed by Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman