Benefit-cost analysis is used around the world to assess regulatory impacts. The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) offers this workshop to introduce the use of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs) in the Federal government to both economists and other practitioners having the general concept and experience of measuring welfare effects and risk.
The workshop’s focus will be on analyses of U.S. health and safety regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with further examples from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Still, the concepts and practices are equally applicable to analyses conducted in other policy areas and countries or at a sub-national level. It will be structured as an overarching presentation from practitioners with substantial experience conducting these analyses for federal regulatory actions and examples from past RIAs. The topics will include issues of:
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Identifying the market failure
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Establishing the correct baseline
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Choosing the policy options
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Estimating benefits
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Estimating costs
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Identifying transfers
Date & Time: October 13 & 14, 11 AM – 1 PM EST
Registration fee
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Regular: $300/person
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Low and middle-income country residents: $100/person
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Student (full-time) $50/person