Specifying the Baseline in Benefit–Cost Analysis: Comments on U.S. Draft Circular A4
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DOI: 10.1017/bca.2025.10030
Abstract: This article includes my 4 June 2023, comments on the specification of the baseline in Regulatory Impact Analyses that were submitted in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) request for comments on… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; baseline; benefit cost; comments draft ... See more keywords
Be Brief, Be Consistent, Be Neutral: Comments on US Draft Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”
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DOI: 10.1017/bca.2025.12
Abstract: Ex ante, my primary concerns were about implementation across the wide expanse of federal applications, supporting the supplemental use of distributional weighting, trying to find a supportable middle ground on discounting using the expected value… read more here.
Keywords: consistent neutral; neutral comments; analysis; analysis brief ... See more keywords