scholarly journals The Use of Technical Information in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation: A Brief Guide to the Issues

1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Ashford
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety

Is There a Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation?

Science ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 272 (5259) ◽  
pp. 221-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Arrow ◽  
M. L. Cropper ◽  
G. C. Eads ◽  
R. W. Hahn ◽  
L. B. Lave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Benefit Cost

Is there a role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, and safety regulation?

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENNETH J. ARROW ◽  
MAUREEN L. CROPPER ◽  
GEORGE C. EADS ◽  
ROBERT W. HAHN ◽  
LESTER B. LAVE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Regulatory Process ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Benefit Cost

The growing impact of regulations on the economy has led both Congress and the Administration to search for new ways of reforming the regulatory process. Many of these initiatives call for greater reliance on the use of economic analysis in the development and evaluation of regulations. One specific approach being advocated is benefit-cost analysis, an economic tool for comparing the desirable and undesirable impacts of proposed policies.

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