Environmental Economics
The cromulent economics blog
recent posts
Category: Benefit-cost analysis
-
From the inbox: Join us online July 11 & 12, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET to 3:30 p.m. ET for Valuing Nonmarket Benefits. Presenters Vic Adamowicz, Cathy Kling, Nic Kuminoff, Dan Phaneuf, Christian Vossler, and John Whitehead will provide a primer of the field including both the theoretical basis and current state of best practice for the most common methods. Core topics include basic…
-
From the GW Regulatory Resources Center: Revising Regulatory Review: Expert Insights on the Biden Administration’s Guidelines for Regulatory AnalysisTue, 9 May, 2023 10:30am – 3:00pm Please join the GW Regulatory Studies Center and the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis for a timely discussion of recent changes to regulatory practices and analysis. In April, the White House…
-
Feel free to promote far and wide. Intended for a non-expert audience (my goal is to get a spot in the sequel to this blockbuster). If you don't like QR codes, you can register here.
-
Feel free to promote far and wide. Intended for a non-expert audience (my goal is to get a spot in the sequel to this blockbuster). If you don't like QR codes, you can register here.
-
via the SBCA email list: The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis is offering six professional development workshops this year, organized by leading experts. They include the following; more information is available here: https://www.benefitcostanalysis.org/workshops. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Beginners (Glenn Blomquist and David Weimer) Economics of Addiction (Elizabeth Botkins, Aaron Kearsley, Don Kenkel, David Watkins) Estimating Program Effects (Craig Thornton, Anu Rangarajan, Randall Brown)…
-
From the WSJ (EPA Seeks to Boost EVs With Toughest-Ever Rules on Tailpipe Emissions): The Biden administration is proposing new limits on vehicle tailpipe emissions, seeking to spur U.S. auto makers to generate two-thirds of their sales through electric vehicles in a decade. The new standards for light-duty vehicles, announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection…
-
From Richard L. Revesz, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs via a Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis email blast: I am excited to share with you that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has released its proposed revisions to OMB Circular No. A-4: Regulatory Analysis. The preamble to the proposed revisions provides further information as to the…
-
From the inbox: Location: Via ZoomPlease note: All workshops will be recorded. Registrants will have access to the recordings. Dates and Times: April 28, 2023 – Online9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET This short course provides an introduction for “beginners” who have not previously had formal instruction in benefit‐cost analysis. It…
-
One of the big problems of nonmarket valuation of projects that impact the environment is that the benefits and costs from the project depend on how many people know about it. US government officials are expected to make a decision on one of the biggest US oil projects in decades this week. Environmental groups and…
-
By now most know of the train derailment in East Palestine (pronounced pal-uh-steen), Ohio and the ensuing decision to burn the chemicals spilling from the train rather than wait for a potentially more disastrous–and perhaps more lethal–explosion. What is not yet known, and likely won't be known for some time, is the scope and extent…
You must be logged in to post a comment.