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dc.contributor.authorGraves, Philip E.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-26-
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-10T11:58:00Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-10T11:58:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39839-
dc.description.abstractThere are many reasons to suspect that benefit-cost analysis applied to environmental policies will result in policy decisions that will reject those environmental policies. The important question, of course, is whether those rejections are based on proper science. The present paper explores sources of bias in the methods used to evaluate environmental policy in the United States, although most of the arguments translate immediately to decision-making in other countries. There are some 'big picture' considerations that have gone unrecognized, and there are numerous more minor, yet cumulatively important, technical details that point to potentially large biases against acceptance on benefit-cost grounds of environmental policies that have true marginal benefits greater than true marginal costs, both in net present value terms. It is hoped that the issues raised here will improve future conduct of benefit-cost analyses of environmental policies.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3144en
dc.subject.jelC91en
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dc.subject.jelD61en
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dc.subject.jelQ20en
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dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbenefit-cost analysisen
dc.subject.keywordenvironmental policyen
dc.subject.keyworddecision makingen
dc.subject.keywordchoice behavioren
dc.subject.keywordpublic goodsen
dc.subject.keywordwillingness-to-payen
dc.subject.keywordwillingness-to-accepten
dc.subject.keywordprecautionary principleen
dc.subject.keywordhedonic methodsen
dc.subject.keywordsum of specific damagesen
dc.subject.keywordhealth effects modelen
dc.subject.keywordenvironmental perceptionsen
dc.subject.stwUmweltpolitiken
dc.subject.stwKosten-Nutzen-Analyseen
dc.subject.stwEntscheidung bei Unsicherheiten
dc.subject.stwBiasen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleBenefit-cost analysis of environmental projects: A plethora of systematic biases-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn633977098en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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