How Well Does the U.S. Government Do Benefit-Cost Analysis?

Autor: Hahn, Robert W., Dudley, Patrick M.
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Zdroj: Review of Environmental Economics & Policy; Jul2007, Vol. 1 Issue 2, p192-211, 20p
Abstrakt: To make prudent recommendations for improving the use of benefit-cost analysis in policy settings, some measures of how well it is actually done are essential. This article develops new insights on the potential usefulness of government benefit-cost analysis by examining how it is actually performed in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index