Only a Poor Workman Blames His Tools: On Uses and Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making About the Environment

Elliott, E. Donald

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Only a Poor Workman Blames His Tools: On Uses and Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making About the Environment

E. Donald Elliott

Yale Law School

November 11, 2009

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 157, p. 178, 2009

Abstract:
Argues that benefit cost analysis is too imprecise to fine tune environmental regulations, but is useful for establishing priorities and convincing skeptics (particularly Republicans).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 11

Keywords: Cost Benefit Analysis

JEL Classification: D61, D73

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Date posted: November 21, 2010

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Elliott, E. Donald, Only a Poor Workman Blames His Tools: On Uses and Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making About the Environment (November 11, 2009). University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 157, p. 178, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1712326

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