Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation

✍ Scribed by Kenneth J. Arrow

Publisher: Aei Press,Nbn
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 25
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This primer highlights both the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.

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