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An Assessment Of The Use Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Regulatory Agency Decision Making, Michael S. Baram
An Assessment Of The Use Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Regulatory Agency Decision Making, Michael S. Baram
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CONSIDERABLE dissatisfaction has been expressed with the process and results of regulatory agency decision making. Recommendations have been made that the Federal agencies employ rational, "balancing" approaches such as cost-benefit analysis in conducting their standard setting and adjudicatory functions.
This paper examines some current uses of cost-benefit analysis by several agencies in their decision-making processes, and identifies and discusses apparent limitations.