ALTERNATIVES TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN REGULATORY DECISIONS
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Alternatives to cost-benefit analysis in regulatory decisions.
* There are important differences between economic regulation and environmental, health, or safety regulation that must not be overlooked. * Costs are easier to express than benefits, but their quantifiability makes them no more certain or reliable. * Benefits include improved quality of life and good health as well as positive economic side-effects, but they defy accurate estimation and their ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0077-8923
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1981.tb20726.x