Cost-Benefit Analysis, Except For National Security For decades, the U.S. government generally has required analysis that benefits outweigh costs when issuing new regulations.

JAKARTA — A study by an Indonesian NGO challenges government claims that oil palm cultivation is a driver of economic welfare and development, showing that the environmental and social damage ...

In addition, cost‑benefit analysis is mute on questions like superior benefits that might have accrued if an agency’s “regulatory budget” allocation belonged instead to another agency; so ...

Cost-benefit analysis is the primary tool that policymakers use in developing and assessing regulations. But the results are only as good as the information that is used to generate them.

The federal government has long used so-called benefit-cost analysis when setting regulations that cover business activity, environmental pollution and much more.

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Creating a supportive environment for employees in recovery has a major impact on businesses and the national economy.

In another section, on the repairs and monitoring requirements of pipeline dents, the court blasted PHMSA for failing to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of new procedural requirements it added in ...