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The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy by Michael A. Livermore, Richard L. Revesz is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<br>Cost-benefit analysis -- the formal estimating and weighing of the costs and benefits of policy alternatives -- is a standard tool for governments in advanced economies. Through decades of research and innovation, institutions have developed in the United States, European Union, and other developed countries that examine and weigh policy alternatives as an aid to governmental decisionmaking. Lawmakers in the advanced economies have used cost-benefit analysis to evaluate core environmental and public health questions, such as urban air pollution control, water quality, and occupational safety. Yet despite its broad adoption in the industrialized world, most developing and emerging countries have not yet incorporated cost-benefit analysis into their policymaking process. Because these countries face significant limitations on financial resources and have less ability to shoulder inefficient rules, it is extremely important for their officials to determine which policies maximize net benefits for their societies. <p><em>The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy</em> examines how cost-benefit analysis can help developing and emerging countries confront the
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- Author
- Michael A. Livermore, Richard L. Revesz
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199934386
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Business, Law, Political Science