Judicial Review of Discount Rates Used in Regulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform
The continuing efforts in the 104th Congress to legislate requirements for cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and the revised Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines for the conduct of such assessments during a regulatory rulemaking process highlight the need for a comprehensive examination of the role that CBA can play in agency decision-making. This paper summarizes the state of knowledge r...
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عنوان ژورنال: The University of Chicago Law Review
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0041-9494
DOI: 10.2307/1600266