Seventh Annual
Conference and Meeting
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
MARCH 18-20, 2015
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MARVIN CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sponsors...................................................................................................................2
Welcome Letter........................................................................................................5
2015 Organizational Affiliates................................................................................6
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Overview..........................................................8
SBCA Membership...................................................................................................9
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis Overview..........................................................10
Conference Schedule – Overview........................................................................13
Conference Schedule – Detailed..........................................................................17
Conference Logistics..............................................................................................25
Marvin Center Floor Plan.......................................................................................26
Milken Floor Plan....................................................................................................27
Primary conference support is provided by:
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is pleased to
support the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis as it works to advance
the theory and application of benefit-cost analysis in the development
of policy. Information about MacArthur’s work in Policy Research,
including its Power of Measuring Social Benefits initiative, can be
found at www.macfound.org/policy_research.
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CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Additional support is provided by:
Thank you to our founding institution:
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WELCOME
Dear friends and colleagues,
Welcome to the 2015 Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Annual Conference and Meeting! We have 40
excellent sessions planned and look forward to exploring many important and interesting issues. The
Society continues to flourish and grow thanks to your support.
In addition to the panels, we have many exciting events, including receptions on Wednesday through
Friday. At lunch on Thursday we will welcome keynote speaker W. Kip Viscusi of Vanderbilt University,
and on Friday we will convene a meeting of our membership. During that meeting, we will discuss our
plans for continued growth and hope that you will feel free to contact any of us with your suggestions
and ideas.
We are enormously indebted to the members of the 2015 Program Committee, whose numerous
hours of hard work make this event such a success:
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Ali Gungor (U.S. Coast Guard)
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Sandra Hoffmann (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Anthony Homan (U.S. Department of Transportation)
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Don Kenkel (Cornell University)
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Anne Smith (NERA)
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Jack Wells (U.S. Department of Transportation – retired)
We would also like to thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for its continuing
and substantial support of the Society and the GW Regulatory Studies Center, Abt Associates and
Econometrica, Inc. for helping to sponsor this conference. We also thank our Organizational Affiliates
and premium members, who are listed on the following pages.
Thank you very much for your many contributions to the Society, to this conference, and to the field
more generally. This year’s conference is our largest conference to date. We hope that we will see
you at many future conferences and that you will become a Society member if you have not already
done so.
Sincerely,
W. Kip Viscusi
President
Chair, 2015 Program Committee
Susan E. Dudley
Vice President
Lisa A. Robinson
Past President
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2015 ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATES
PATRON
Eastern Research Group
Econometrica, Incorporated*
Exxon Mobil*
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center*
Industrial Economics, Incorporated*
Mathematica Policy Research*
NERA Economic Consulting*
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Adminstration, George Washington University
* Charter affiliates
SUPPORTER
Environment Canada
Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities, Cornell University
LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Optimity Advisors
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
University of Kentucky Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University’s Ph.D. Program in Law & Economics
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ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
PREMIUM MEMBERS
Ronald Bird
Glenn C. Blomquist
James K. Hammitt
Arnold Harberger
Sandra Hoffmann
Lynn Karoly
John Keiser
Donald S. Kenkel
Kerry Krutilla
Lisa A. Robinson
Fred Sapp
Craig Thornton
W. Kip Viscusi
David L. Weimer
Jack Wells
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SOCIETY FOR BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS
Founded in 2007, the Society is an international organization dedicated to the
advancement, exchange of ideas, and research related to benefit-cost analysis
(BCA), cost-effectiveness analysis, risk-benefit analysis, applied welfare economic
analysis, and damage assessment.
The Society’s primary goals are:
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Bring together individuals from diverse disciplines and from different
countries and provide them opportunities to foster collaboration and
exchange information, ideas, and methodologies;
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Encourage applications of benefit-cost analysis and applied welfare economics,
and promote dialogue between practitioners;
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Facilitate the development and dissemination of knowledge about benefit-cost and applied
welfare analysis;
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Develop and update standards of practice; and
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Foster methods to improve communication and consideration of benefit-cost methods and
results.
W. Kip Viscusi,
President
2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
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W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University, President
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Susan E. Dudley, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Vice President
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Lisa Robinson, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Past President
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Richard B. Belzer, Regulatory Checkbook, Treasurer
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Randall Lutter, University of Virginia and Resources for the Future, Assistant Treasurer
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Elisabeth Gilmore, University of Maryland, College Park, Secretary
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Sandra Archibald, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
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Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt University and Resources for the Future
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James K. Hammitt, Harvard University
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Robert Johansson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lynn Karoly, RAND Corporation
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Craig Thornton, Mathematica Policy Research
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Jack Wells, U.S. Department of Transportation
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MEMBERSHIP
The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis has a continuously growing membership working in numerous
policy areas, including scholars and practitioners from academia, nonprofits, businesses, and
government agencies around the world.
The table below summarizes the 2015 benefits associated with each level of annual organizational
and individual participation:
To join the SBCA, please visit http://benefitcostanalysis.org/membership.
Membership information and forms will also be available at the conference registration table.
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JOURNAL OF BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS
Starting in 2015, the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis will be published through Cambridge University
Press on behalf of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis.
This partnership marks a rebranding of the JBCA in terms of both appearance and reach, reinforcing
the journal’s position as an authority on analytical practice of benefit-cost analysis. The journal will
benefit from online before-print publication on FirstView and improved article functionality and
access.
First published in 2010, JBCA uniquely focuses on the theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis and
related evaluation methods, publishing theoretical and empirical investigations and case studies.
The inaugural issue with Cambridge has contributions by distinguished scholars with years of policy
experience; they cover the social discount rate, dealing with ignorance, uncertainty in regulation,
regulation-induced impacts on jobs, and anti-smoking policies. Three articles comprise a symposium
on BCA when WTA and WTP differ and findings from behavioral economics.
Editors Glenn C. Blomquist and William H. Hoyt and Managing Editor Mary Kokoski continue with
support from an international editorial board. They thank board members, authors, reviewers, the
MacArthur Foundation, and all who contribute to growing the JBCA.
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Editors-in-Chief: Glenn Blomquist and William Hoyt (University of Kentucky)
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Art Fraas (Resources for the Future)
John Graham (Indiana University)
Robert Hahn (University of Manchester and University of
Oxford)
Arnold Harberger (UCLA)
Robert Haveman (University of Wisconsin)
Lynn Karoly (RAND Corporation)
Eric Posner (University of Chicago)
Richard Revesz (New York University)
Lisa Robinson (Harvard Center for Risk Analysis)
David Salkever (UMBC)
W. Kip Viscusi (Vanderbilt University)
David Weimer (University of Wisconsin)
Richard Zeckhauser (Harvard University)
Richard Zerbe (University of Washington)
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Conference registration includes all meals (breakfast, break refreshments, lunch, and evening
receptions) as well as other activities listed below on March 19 and 20, as well as the opening
reception on March 18.
Pre-conference professional development workshops are also offered on March 18, and all workshop
attendees are invited to the opening reception. Below, we provide first an overview of the program,
then more detailed information on each session.
Wednesday, March 18
1:00 – 1:30
Workshop Registration – Milken Institute School of Public Health, First Floor
1:30 – 5:00 Professional Development Workshops
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Workshop 1: Benefit-Cost Analysis in the States: Status, Results First, and Options to
Increase Usage among Policymakers (Milken Convening Center A)
Organizer: Darcy White, Pew Charitable Trusts
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Workshop 3: An Overview of Climate Change, Its Impacts and the Social Cost of
Carbon (Milken Convening Center B)
Organizer: Elisabeth Gilmore, University of Maryland
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Workshop 5: QALYs in Cost-Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis (Milken
Convening Center C)
Organizer: Scott D. Grosse, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Workshop 6: Retrospective Benefit-Cost Analysis (Milken Classroom 300A)
Organizer: Jennifer Baxter, Industrial Economics, Incorporated
5:00 – 6:30
Opening Reception - Milken Institute School of Public Health, First Floor
Thursday, March 19
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Breakfast – Marvin Center Third Floor Foyer/Grand Ballroom
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1
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A.1: What Should Policy Makers (and the Public) Know about Interpreting Regulatory
BCA? (Marvin 309)
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B.1: Water Resources Management (Marvin 307)
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C.1: Estimation of Cumulative Benefits and Costs of Regulation Using the “RegData”
Database (Marvin 308)
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D.1: Use of BCA in Setting Homeland Security Policy (Marvin 413-414) •
E.1: Social Policy BCA: Assessing Child Welfare and Justice Programs (Marvin 310)
10:30 – 10:45 Break - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom (sponsored by Abt Associates)
10:45 – 12:15 Session 2
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A.2: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Health Care: A Conversation with David Cutler and
Sherry Glied (Marvin 309)
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B.2: Decision Tools for Analyzing Uncertain Futures (Marvin 307)
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C.2: Transportation: Program and Project Assessments (Marvin 308)
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D.2: The Nexus between Health Effects Studies and Benefits (Marvin 413-414)
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E.2: Perspectives on Implementing Benefit Cost Analysis in Climate Assessment
(Marvin 310)
12:15 – 2:00 Keynote Luncheon - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
Keynote Address, W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University: “Pricing Lives for Government
and Corporate Risk Decisions”
2:00 – 3:30
Session 3
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A.3: Skills for the Next Generation: A Conversation between Senior Government
Economists and Public Policy School Leaders (Marvin 309)
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B.3: Assessing Benefits for Policies that Reduce Health Risks (Marvin 307)
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C.3: Development and Miscellaneous Regulatory Issues (Marvin 308)
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D.3: The Valuation of Ecological Goods and Services in Support of Benefit-Cost
Analysis (Marvin 413-414) •
E.3: Climate Policy Benefits Issues (Marvin 310)
3:30 – 3:45 Break - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
3:45 – 5:15 Session 4
5:30 – 8:30 •
A.4: Estimating the Benefits of Policies that Address Addictive Goods (Marvin
309)
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B.4: Benefits, Costs and Labor Markets (Marvin 307)
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C.4: Benefit-Cost Practices and Discounting Issues (Marvin 308)
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D.4: Electricity Sector Optimization (Marvin 413-414)
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E.4: Non-Market Recreational Welfare Effects of Changes in the Diversity and
Abundance of Species (Marvin 310)
Dinner Reception - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom (sponsored by the MacArthur
Foundation)
Friday, March 20
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Breakfast - Marvin Center Third Floor Foyer/Grand Ballroom
9:00 – 10:30 Session 5
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A.5: Financial Benefits of Remediation (Marvin 309)
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B.5: Economics Frontiers and Benefit-Cost Analysis (Marvin 307)
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C.5: Finance Issues (Marvin 308)
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D.5: Economic Evaluation of Medical Interventions (Marvin 413-414)
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E.5: Methodological Approaches to Benefit-Cost Analysis (Marvin 310)
10:30 – 10:45 Break - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom (sponsored by Econometrica, Inc.)
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10:45 – 12:15 Session 6
• A.6: Valuing Reductions in Morbidity and Mortality (Marvin 309)
• B.6: Food and Water Issues (Marvin 307)
• C.6: Local Policy Issues (Marvin 308)
• D.6: Real Option Value and Federal Offshore Leasing (Marvin 413-414)
• E.6: International Benefit-Cost Analysis Issues (Marvin 310)
12:15 – 2:00 Luncheon featuring Annual Meeting of the SBCA Membership - Marvin Center Grand
Ballroom
2:00 – 3:30
Session 7
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A.7: Retrospective BCA of Federal Rules (Marvin 309)
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B.7: Law and Economics Perspectives on Benefit-Cost Analysis (Marvin 307)
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C.7: Preliminary Recommendations from the 2nd Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in
Health and Medicine (Marvin 308)
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D.7: Cost-Effective Air Quality Strategies (Marvin 413-414)
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E.7: Valuing Outcomes and Performing BCA for Social Policy Intervention (Marvin
310)
3:30 – 3:45
Break - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
3:45 – 5:15
Session 8
5:15 – 6:30 •
A.8: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Analysis of Risk Regulations (Marvin
309)
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B.8: Retrospective Review of Federal Regulations (Marvin 307)
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C.8: State and Local Benefit-Cost Issues (Marvin 308)
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D.8: Assessing Benefits in Consumer Protection Regulation (Marvin 302)
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E.8: The Effectiveness of Policies Involving Health Warning Labels and Signage:
Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Alcohol (Marvin 310)
Closing Reception - Marvin Center Grand Ballroom (sponsored by George Washington
University Regulatory Studies Center)
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DETAILED PROGRAM AGENDA
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 FRIDAY, MARCH 20
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 DETAIL
Room A –
Room B –
Room C –
Room D –
Room E –
Marvin 309
Marvin 307
Marvin 308
Marvin 413-414
Marvin 310
C.1: Estimation
of Cumulative
Benefits and Costs
of Regulation Using
the “RegData”
Database
D.1: Use of BCA in
Setting Homeland
Security Policy
9:00 – 10:30 A.1: What Should
Session 1 Policy Makers
(and the Public)
Know about
Interpreting
Regulatory BCA?
Chair: Susan
Dudley,
The George
Washington
University
Panelists:
Richard Belzer,
Regulatory
Checkbook
Glenn Blomquist,
University of
Kentucky
Chris Carrigan,
The George
Washington
University
Tony Cox, Cox
Associates
Peter Linquiti,
The George
Washington
University
Brian Mannix,
The George
Washington
University
B.1: Water Resources
Management
Chair: William Wheeler,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Presentations:
Economic Assessment
of Climate Change
Adaptation Pilot Studies
in the Great Lakes
Region, Tess Forsell*,
Eastern Research Group;
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration’s Coastal
Service Center; Horsley
Witten Group, Inc.
Joint Effects of Storm
Surge and Sea-Level
Risk on U.S. Coasts,
Lindsay Ludwig* and
James Neumann,
Industrial Economics;
Kerry Emanuel and Sai
Ravela, WindRisk Tech
and MIT; Paul Kirshen,
University of New
Hampshire; Kirk Bosma,
Woods Hole Group; and
Jeremy Martinich, U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency
Assessing the
Distributional
Consequences
of Premium and
Claims Payments in
the National Flood
Insurance Program,
Okmyung Bin* and John
A. Bishop, East Carolina
University; Carolyn
Kousky, Resources for the
Future
Economic Evaluation
of Community Water
Fluoridation: A
Community Guide
Systematic Review,
Tao Ran*, Sajal
Chattopadhyay and
Randy Elder, U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention
E.1: Social
Policy BCA:
Assessing
Child Welfare
Chair: Tony Homan, and Justice
U.S. Department of Programs
Transportation
Chair: James
Chair: Stuart
Presentations:
Broughel, George
Shapiro, Rutgers
Mason University
University
The Social Value
of Cybersecurity,
Presentations:
Discussant:
Daniela Silitra* and
Brian
RegData: A
Haeme Nam, MITRE
Bumbarger,
Numerical Database Corporation
Pennsylvania
on Industry-Specific
A
Literature
State University
Regulations for All
Review and
U.S. Industries and
Presentations:
Federal Regulations, Proposed Method
of
Measuring
1997-2012, Patrick
A Cost-Benefit
a Reduction in
McLaughlin* and
Analysis of the
Vulnerability,
Alex
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
2009 Reform of
Moscoso*, U.S.
George Mason
the Rockefeller
Transportation
University
Drug Laws in
Security
New York City,
Estimating Industry- Administration
Joshua Rinaldi*,
and Agency-Specific
Vera Institute of
Estimating
Benefits
Cumulative Costs
Justice
of Maritime Safety
and Benefits with
Training
Programs,
RegData, Antony
Doing Well,
Ali Gungor*, U.S.
Davies*, Duquesne
While Doing
Coast Guard
University; Patrick
Good: A Benefit
McLaughlin
Cost Analysis
Estimating the
of Private
Cumulative
Impact
The Aggregate Cost
Foundation
of
Coast
Guard
of Regulations: A
Investment in
Structural Estimation Regulations Under
a Social Bond
Executive
Order
of a Tractable MultiImpact Program
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Rosemarie
Sector Endogenous
to Reduce
Odom*, Paul Large
Growth Model,
Recidivism,
and
Ali
Gungor,
U.S.
Bentley Coffey*,
Joseph Cordes*,
Coast
Guard
University of South
The George
Carolina; Patrick
Washington
McLaughlin; Pietro
University;
Peretto, Duke
William Winfrey,
University
HCM Strategists/
EPI
Does Regulation
Enhance or Inhibit
Cost-Benefit
Turnover of Firms
Analysis of
by Industry? Thomas
Supportive
Stratmann*, Matt
Housing for
Mitchell, and Patrick
Child Welfare
McLaughlin, George
Involved
Mason University
Families, Josh
Leopold*, Mary
Cunningham and
Mike Pergamit,
Urban Institute
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19 DETAIL
Room A –
Room B –
Room C –
Room D –
Room E –
Marvin 309
Marvin 307
Marvin 308
Marvin 413-414
Marvin 310
10:45 – 12:15 A.2: Benefit-Cost
Session 2 Analysis and
Health Care: A
Conversation with
David Cutler and
Sherry Glied
Chair: Amber
Jessup, U.S.
Department of
Health and Human
Services
Panelists:
David Cutler,
Harvard University
Sherry Glied, New
York University
B.2: Decision Tools C.2: Transportation: D.2: The Nexus
for Analyzing
Program and
between Health
Uncertain Futures Project Assessments Effects Studies
and Benefits
Chair: Susan
Chair: Douglas
Dudley, The George Scheffler, U.S. Coast
Chair: Randall
Washington
Guard
Lutter, Resources
University
for the Future
Discussant:
and University of
Panelists:
Ryan Endorf, U.S.
Virginia
Department of
Chris Carrigan, The
Transportation
Discussant: Arnold
George Washington
Harberger, UCLA
University
Presentations:
Presentations:
Tony Cox, Cox
Social Welfare
Associates
Analysis of
An Objective and
Investment PublicBCA-Compliant
Heidi King, GE
Private Partnership
Definition of
Capital
Approaches for
‘Adverse Effect’,
Transportation
Richard Belzer*,
Peter Linquiti, The
Projects, R. Richard
Regulatory
George Washington
Geddes*, Omid
Checkbook
University
Rouhani, and H.
On the Importance
Oliver Gao, Cornell
Brian Mannix, The
of Discarded InterUniversity;
Germà
Bel,
George Washington
Maneuver Variance
University
of
Barcelona
University
in the Estimation
Marine
of Benefits from
Anne Smith, NERA
Transportation
Reduced Exposure
Delays: Lock-Closure to Ambient Air
Case Study MetaPollutants, R. Jeffrey
Analysis, Kathryn
Lewis*, ExxonMobil
Connelly*, Rolling Bay; Biomedical
Michael Trombley, U.S. Sciences; Richard
Coast Guard
Belzer, Regulatory
Checkbook
Use of Economic
Evaluation Methods
Valuing Mortality
for Transportation
Risk Reductions
Project Appraisal:
from Traffic
Application of a
Accidents and
3-Dimensional
Air Pollution
Space-Time
Simultaneously,
Framework, Glen
Luis Cifuentes*, L.
Weisbrod*, Economic
Rizzi, C. Cabrera,
Development Research M. Browne, and P.
Group, Inc.
Iglesias, Universidad
Católica de Chile
E.2:
Perspectives on
Implementing
Benefit Cost
Analysis
in Climate
Assessment
Chair: Fran
Sussman, ICF
International
Presentations:
State of the
Literature
on Economic
Impacts and
Adaptation at
the Sectoral
Level in the U.S.,
James Neumann*,
Industrial
Economics;
Kenneth Strzepek,
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
Improving
the Practice
of Economic
Analysis of
Climate Change
Adaptation,
Jia Li, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
Rationales for
a “Dashboard”
Approach
to Inform
Climate Change
Assessment,
Michael Toman*,
World Bank
Incorporating
Benefit-Cost
Analysis into
Other DecisionMaking
Frameworks,
Robert Lempert*,
RAND Corporation
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2:00 – 3:30 A.3: Skills for the
Session 3 Next Generation:
A Conversation
between Senior
Government
Economists and
Public Policy
School Leaders
Chair: David
Weimer, University
of WisconsinMadison
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B.3: Assessing
Benefits for
Policies that
Reduce Health
Risks
Chair: Thomas
J. Kniesner,
Claremont
Graduate
University
Presentations:
Believe Only Half of
What You See: The
Sherry Glied, Wagner Role of Preference
Graduate School of
Heterogeneity
Public Service, New
in Contingent
York University
Valuation, Daniel
Herrera*, Toulouse
Kathryn Newcomer, School of Economics;
Trachtenberg
James K. Hammitt,
School of Public
Harvard University
Policy and Public
Administration,
Willingness to
George Washington
Pay for Mortality
University
Risk Reduction
in Chinese Cities,
Sarah Stafford,
Sandra Hoffmann*,
Jefferson Program in U.S. Department of
Public Policy, College Agriculture; Alan
of William and Mary Krupnick, Resources
for the Future;
Amber Jessup, U.S.
Ping Qin, Peking
Department of
University
Health and Human
Services
Valuing Reductions
Panelists:
Al McGartland,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Clark Nardinelli,
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
Jack Wells, U.S.
Department of
Transportation retired
in Risks of Fatal
Illness: Implications
of Recent Research,
Lisa A. Robinson*
and James K.
Hammitt, Harvard
Center for Risk
Analysis
The Role of
Publication
Selection Bias in
Estimates of the
Value of a Statistical
Life, W. Kip Viscusi*,
Vanderbilt University
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Marvin 413-414
C.3: Development D.3: The
and Miscellaneous Valuation of
Regulatory Issues Ecological Goods
and Services
Chair: Tony
in Support of
Homan, U.S.
Benefit-Cost
Department of
Analysis
Transportation
Chair: Ann
Discussant: Kemal Cavlovic,
Bagzibagli, Eastern Environment
Mediterranean
Canada
University
Discussant:
Presentations:
Randall Lutter,
Resources for
Integration
the Future and
Investment
University of
Appraisal of Critical
Virginia
for Post-Conflict
Development
Presentations:
Investment: Milk
Processing Plant,
Environmental
Ethiopia, Glenn P.
Benefit Transfer
Jenkins*, Queen’s
for DecisionUniversity, and
Making, JeanMikhail Miklyaev,
Michel Larivière*,
Cambridge
Environment
Resources
Canada
International
Improving the
Efficient
Valuation of Water
Microlending
Quality, William
without Joint
Wheeler*, U.S.
Liability, Can
Environmental
Sever*, University
Protection Agency
of Maryland; Ahmet
Measuring
Altinok, Boğaziçi
Ecosystem
University
Service Benefits
The Impact of
for Benefit-Cost
Past Landscapes
Analysis, Kimberly
Memory on
Rollins*, University
Land Holders’
of Nevada, Reno
Willingness to
and Environment
Participate in
Canada
Payments Policy
Instrument in
Highlands of the
Blue Nile Basin,
Ethiopia, Befikadu
Alemayehu Legesse*
and Frank Wätzold,
Brandenburg
University of
Technology
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E.3: Climate Policy
Benefits Issues
Chair: Richard
Belzer, Regulatory
Checkbook
Presentations:
Examining the
Energy Efficiency
Gap in EPA’s
Benefit-Cost
Analysis of Vehicle
Greenhouse Gas
Regulations, Gloria
Helfand*, U.S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency; Reid
Dorsey-Palmateer,
University of
Michigan
Loaded DICE:
Refining the Metaanalysis Approach
to Calibrating
Climate Damage
Functions, Peter
Howard*, NYU
School of Law;
Thomas Sterner,
University of
Gothenburg
Think Global,
Benefit Local: How
the United States
Benefits from
Calculating the
Global Costs of Its
Carbon Emissions,
Jason Schwartz* and
Peter Howard, NYU
School of Law
Estimating the
Social Benefits of a
State-Wide Carbon
Tax: A Case Study
in Washington
State, Alison
Saperstein*, Andrew
Martin and Kate
Delavan*, University
of Washington
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3:45 – 5:15 A.4: Estimating
Session 4 the Benefits
of Policies
that Address
Addictive
Goods
Chair: Lisa
A. Robinson,
Harvard Center
for Risk Analysis
B.4: Benefits,
Costs and Labor
Markets
Chair: Joseph
Cordes,
The George
Washington
University
Presentations:
Public Policy
Induced Changes
David Cutler,
in Employment:
Harvard
Valuation Issues
University
for Benefit-Cost
Analysis, David
Sherry Glied, New Weimer* and
York University
Robert Haveman,
University of
James K.
Wisconsin-Madison
Hammitt,
Harvard
Income Growth,
University
Inequality and
Panelists:
Happiness,
Donald Kenkel,
Richard Zerbe*,
Cornell University
University of
Washington
The Social
and Economic
Effects of Wage
Violations:
Estimates for
California and
New York, Kelly
Haverstick*, Calvin
Franz, Tess Forsell
and Lou Nadeau,
Eastern Research
Group
Social Enterprises
and the
Disadvantaged:
The Costs
and Benefits
of Stabilizing
Lives through
Transitional
Employment,
Dana Rotz* and
Nan Maxwell,
Mathematica Policy
Research
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C.4: Benefit-Cost
Practices and
Discounting
Issues
Chair: Jack
Knetsch, Simon
Fraser University
Presentations:
Kaldor, Hicks,
and Discounting,
Daniel Wilmoth*,
U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services
The Social Discount
in Developing
Countries, Missaka
Warusawitharana*,
Federal Reserve
Board
Does Benefit-Cost
Analysis Solve the
Right Problem?,
Timothy Brennan*,
University of
Maryland, Baltimore
County
Formality and
Informality in CostBenefit Analysis,
Amy Sinden*,
Temple University
D.4: Electricity
Sector
Optimization
Chair: Anne
Smith, NERA
Presentations:
Analyzing the
Costs and Benefits
of Microgrids,
Brian Morrison*,
Nadav Tanners,
Claire Santoro,
and Christopher
Smith, Industrial
Economics, Inc.
E.4: Non-Market
Recreational Welfare
Effects of Changes in the
Diversity and Abundance
of Species
Chair: Trudy Ann
Cameron, University of
Oregon
Presentations:
A Combined Revealed/
Stated Preference Model
for Projecting the Impact of
Aquatic Nuisance Species
on Recreational Angling
in the Great Lakes, Upper
An Economic
Mississippi, and Ohio River
Analysis of Power Basins, Gregory L. Poe*,
Generation
Cornell University; Richard
Options for
C. Ready, Pennsylvania State
Nigeria, Ijeoma L.
Eziyi* and Omotola University / Montana State
M. Awojobi, Eastern University; T. Bruce Lauber,
N.A. Connelly, R.C Stedman
Mediterranean
and S. Creamer, Cornell
University
University
Cost-Benefit
Analysis of
The Value of Water
Fuel-Flexibility in
Quality to Fishermen in
Thermal Power
the Chesapeake Bay, Matt
Generation,
Massey*, U.S. Environmental
Bahman Kashi*
and Glenn Jenkins, Protection Agency; Steve
Newbold, U.S. Environmental
Queen’s University
Protection Agency
Implications
Joint Estimation of
of Technology
Availability on
Revealed and Stated
Clean Power Plan Preference Data from
Compliance Costs, the Alaska Saltwater
Scott Bloomberg*,
Sportfishing Economic
NERA
Survey, John C. Whitehead*,
Appalachian State
University, Daniel K. Lew,
Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, National Marine
Fisheries Service
The Value to Birders of
Species Biodiversity: A
Random Utility Model of Site
Choice by eBird Participants,
Sonja Kolstoe* and Trudy
Ann Cameron, University of
Oregon
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 DETAIL
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9:00 – 10:30 A.5: Financial
Session 5 Benefits of
Remediation
Chair: Heidi King,
GE Capital
Presentations:
The Value of
Brownfield
Remediation, Lala
Ma*, University of
Kentucky; Kevin
Haninger, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency;
Christopher
Timmins, Duke
University
The Labor Market
Impacts of the
2010 Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill
and Offshore
Oil Drilling
Moratorium,
Joseph E. Aldy*,
Harvard Kennedy
School
Welfare Impacts
of Labor Market
Changes Induced
by Regulations,
Ann E. Ferris* and
Alex Marten, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
From Controversy
to Consensus:
Decommissioning
California’s
Offshore Oil
Platforms, Max
Henrion*, Lumina
Decision Systems
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Marvin 308
B.5: Economics
Frontiers and
Benefit-Cost
Analysis
C.5: Finance
Issues
Chair: Ali Gungor,
U.S. Coast Guard
Chair: Sandra
Hoffmann, U.S.
Department of
Agriculture
Presentations:
Accounting for
Market Distortions
in an Integrated
Investment
Appraisal
Framework, Kemal
Bagzibagli*, Eastern
Mediterranean
University; Glenn
P. Jenkins, Queen’s
University/Eastern
Mediterranean
University; Octave
Semwaga, Ministry
of Finance of
Rwanda
Presentations:
WTP or WTA:
Determining
the Appropriate
Measure When
Preferences
Are Reference
Dependent,
Phumsith
Mahasuweerachai*,
Khon Kaen
University; Jack
Knetsch, Simon
Fraser University
More Accurate
Estimation of
Program Benefits in
a Hedonic Setting,
Thomas J. Kniesner*,
Claremont Graduate
University; Chris
Rohlfs, Morgan
Stanley; Ryan
Sullivan, Naval
Postgraduate School
Challenges in BCA
from Implementing
the Many Concepts
of Risk and
Uncertainty, Scott
Farrow*, University
of Maryland,
Baltimore County
A Study in the Use
of Game Theory
in the Regulatory
Process, Jose
Davalos*, U.S. Coast
Guard
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D.5: Economic
Evaluation
of Medical
Interventions
E.5: Methodological
Approaches to
Benefit-Cost
Analysis
Chair: Don Kenkel,
Cornell University
Chair: Kerry Krutilla,
Indiana University
Presentations:
Presentations:
Saving Lives
with Stem Cell
Transplants, Damien
Sheehan-Connor*,
Wesleyan University;
Theodore Bergstrom,
University of California
Santa Barbara;
Rodney Garratt,
Federal Reserve Bank
of New York
Regulatory
Compliance
Learning Costs:
An Assessment of
Agencies’ Practices,
Ronald Bird*,
U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
The Use of Economic
Evaluation to Inform
Newborn Screening
A Review of and
Policy Decisions: The
Lessons Learned
Washington State
from Federal
Experience, Scott D.
Research and
Grosse*, U.S. Centers
Development
for Disease Control
Facility Capital
and Prevention;
Budgeting
John D. Thompson
Practices, Vanessa and Michael Glass,
Peña* and Susanna Washington State
Howieson, IDA
Department of Health
Science and
Retrospective
Technology Policy
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Institute
Review of Bar Code
Identifying a
Labeling for Human
Suitable Control
Drug and Biological
Group Based on
Products, Nellie Lew*,
Microeconomic
Clark Nardinelli,
Theory: The Case
and Andreas Schick,
of Escrows in the
U.S. Food and Drug
Subprime Market, Administration;
Xiaoling Ang* and
Elizabeth Ashley, Office
Alexei Alexandrov,
of Management and
Consumer Financial Budget
Protection Bureau
Benefit-Cost
Escape from the
Analysis of Universal
Silos: Stakeholder Newborn Screening
Analysis, William
for Severe Combined
McCarten*, World
Immunodeficiency
Bank - retired
(SCID): A Policy Tool
for State Health,
Yao Ding*, Ruhiyyih
Degeberg, Jelili Ojodu,
Association
The Mercatus
Center’s Regulatory
Cost Calculator:
A Survey Tool to
Capture the Full
Opportunity Costs
of Regulation, Jerry
Ellig*, George Mason
University
Spatial Analysis
in a Benefit-Cost
Context, Erik
Gomez* and Douglas
Scheffler, U.S. Coast
Guard
Multi-Period BenefitCost Analysis,
Andrew Schmitz* and
Dwayne J. Haynes,
University of Florida;
Troy G. Schmitz,
Arizona State
University
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9:00 – 10:30
Session 5
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Marvin 310
of Public Health
Laboratories; Scott
D. Grosse, Centers
for Disease Control
and Prevention;
John D. Thompson,
Washington State
Department of
Health
10:45 – 12:15 A.6: Valuing
Session 6 Reductions in
Morbidity and
Mortality
Chair: Joseph
E. Aldy, Harvard
University
Presentations:
The Morbidity
and Mortality
Components of the
Value of Statistical
Life, Elissa Philip*
and W. Kip Viscusi,
Vanderbilt University
Implications for
Regulatory Analyses
of Different
Approaches to
Estimating the Value
of a Statistical Life,
Ines Havet*, Ontario
Ministry of the
Environment
Eliciting Fatal
and Non-Fatal
Risk Trade-Offs:
An Experimental
Approach Using
an Incentivized
Learning
Experiment, Hugh
Metcalf*, Susan
Chilton and Jytte
Seeted Nielsen,
Newcastle University
Preferences for LifeExpectancy Gains:
Sooner or Later?
James K. Hammitt*
and Tuba Tuncel,
Harvard University/
Toulouse School of
Economics
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B.6: Food and
Water Issues
C.6: Local Policy
Issues
Chair: James
Neumann,
Industrial
Economics
Chair: Richard
Zerbe, University of
Washington
Discussant:
Linda Abbott,
U.S. Department
of Agriculture
Discussant: Stuart
Shapiro, Rutgers
University
Presentations:
The Impact
of Western
Valuing an Ounce Washington
of Prevention:
University (WWU)’s
the Social CostTuition Increase
Effectiveness
on Enrollment and
Analysis of
Secondary Markets,
Alternative
Qingqing Sun*,
Strategies
Daniel Ahn and
to Secure
Michael McBride,
Groundwater
University of
Quality, Ted
Washington
Horbulyk*,
The Benefits
University of
and Costs of an
Calgary
Earthquake Early
Consumer
Warning System in
Valuation of
Washington State,
Organic Egg
Eli Lieberman* and
Characteristics
Andrew Calkins,
and its
University of
Implications
Washington
for Public
Ex Ante BenefitPolicy, Eliza M.
Cost Analysis of
Mojduszka, U.S.
New Stadium
Department of
Construction:
Agriculture
Theory and
Benefit Cost
Application,
Analysis of
Bryan Roberts*,
Water, Smita
Econometrica;
Bhatia*, Specstra Daniel Greene, Alden
Consulting
Street Consulting
Presentations:
D.6: Real Option
Value and Federal
Offshore Leasing
E.6: International
Benefit-Cost
Analysis Issues
Chair: Michael
Livermore, NYU
Institute for Policy
Integrity
Chair: Timothy
Brennan, University
of Maryland,
Baltimore County
Panelists:
Discussant: William
McCarten, World
Bank - retired
Michael Hanemann,
UC Berkeley and
Arizona State
University
Scott Farrow,
University of
Maryland, Baltimore
County
Jayni Hein, New York
University
Peter Howard, New
York University
Presentations:
Should BCA Be
Harmonized? Leo
Dobes*, Australian
National University;
George Argyrous,
Australia and New
Zealand School of
Government; Joanne
Leung, New Zealand
Ministry of Transport
The Social CostBenefit Analysis
of Research
Infrastructure:
An Exploratory
Framework, Massimo
Florio*, University
of Milan; Emanuela
Sirtori, CSIL Centre for
Industrial Studies
New Trends in CBA
of Public Investments
in France, Emile
Quinet*, Paris School
of Economics-Ecole des
Ponts ParisTech
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 DETAIL
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D.7: Cost-Effective
Air Quality
Strategies
E.7: Valuing
Outcomes and
Performing BCA
for Social Policy
Intervention
2:00 – 3:30 A.7:
Session 7 Retrospective
BCA of Federal
Rules
Chair: Dick
Morgenstern,
Resources for the
Future
Discussant: Al
McGartland, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
Presentations:
A Retrospective
Assessment of
EPA’s Air Toxics
Rules, Art Fraas*,
Resources for the
Future
A Retrospective
Assessment of
Federal Efforts
to Reduce
Foodborne
Illness: Shell Eggs
and Salmonella
Enteritidis, Randall
Lutter*, Resources
for the Future
and University of
Virginia
A Retrospective
Evaluation of the
Cluster Rule: The
Pulp and Paper
Industry, Ron
Shadbegian*, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency;
Wayne Gray, Clark
University
B.7: Law and
Economics
Perspectives
on Benefit-Cost
Analysis
Chair: Jack
Knetsch, Simon
Fraser University
Presentations:
Is Every
Regulation
Potentially CostBenefit Justified?:
Methodological
Pluralism and
the Estimation
of Regulatory
Benefits, Jason
Johnston*,
University of
Virginia
Judicial Review of
Agency BenefitCost Analysis,
Caroline Cecot*
and W. Kip
Viscusi, Vanderbilt
University
Cost-Benefit
Analysis,
Distributional
Weights, and
Institutions,
Matthew Adler*,
Duke University
Using KaldorHicks Tableaus
for Distributional
Accounting in
Regulatory Impact
Assessment,
Kerry Krutilla*,
Gabriel Piña, and
Yu Zhang, Indiana
University
C.7: Preliminary
Recommendations
from the 2nd
Panel on CostEffectiveness
in Health and
Medicine
Chair: Theodore
Ganiats, UC San
Diego
Panelists:
Scott D. Grosse,
Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention
James K. Hammitt,
Harvard University
Chair: Anne Smith,
NERA
Presentations:
A Critical review of
the Development
and Use of
Externality Costs for
Air Quality, Elisabeth
Gilmore*, University of
Maryland
A Mixed Integer
Programming
Model for National
Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS)
Attainment Strategy
Analysis, Alexander
Macpherson*,
Heather Simon, David
Misenheimer, Charles
Fulcher, Bryan Hubbell
and Robin Langdon,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Benefit-Cost Analysis
of Phasing Out Coal
in Power Plants and
for Residential Use,
Henrik Andersson*,
Professor, Toulouse
School of Economics
(LERNA); Yana Jin and
Shiqiu Zhang, Peking
University
Benefit-Cost
Analysis of Efficient
Environmental
Damage Emission
Pricing in the Power
Sector, Daniel
Shawhan*, Resources
for the Future; Biao
Mao, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute;
Ray Zimmerman,
Charles Marquet,
and Jubo Yan, Cornell
University; Yujia
Zhu, Arizona State
University
Chair: Francisco
Perez-Arce, RAND
Corporation
Presentations:
Benefit-Cost Analysis
of Communities
That Care: Social
Policy Implications
in Washington
State, Margaret R.
Kuklinski*, University of
Washington
Investigations of the
Links Between Early
Non-cognitive Skills
and Future Adult
Outcomes: Relevance
for Economic
Assessment of
Programs for Children,
Damon Jones* and
Mark Greenberg,
Pennsylvania State
University
Valuing Outcomes
of Social Programs:
The RAND Database
of Shadow Prices for
Benefit-Cost Analysis
of Social Programs,
Lynn A. Karoly*, RAND
Corporation
Strengthening
Benefit-Cost Analyses
of Behavioral
Prevention: Report
on Progress of the
Society for Prevention
Research’s Task for
on Economic Analyses
of Prevention, Max
Crowley*, Duke
University
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B.8: Retrospective
Review of Federal
Regulations
C.8: State and
Local Benefit-Cost
Issues
3:45 – 5:15 A.8: Challenges
Session 8 and Opportunities
for Economic
Analysis of Risk
Regulations
Chair: Jennifer
Baxter, Industrial
Economics,
Incorporated
Panelists:
Elizabeth Ashley,
U.S. Office of
Management and
Budget
Tony Cheesebrough,
National Protection
and Programs
Directorate, U.S.
Department of
Homeland Security
Sandra Hoffmann,
Economic Research
Service, U.S.
Department of
Agriculture
Amber Jessup, U.S.
Department of
Health and Human
Services
Al McGartland,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Clark Nardinelli,
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
Rosemarie Odom,
U.S. Coast Guard
Jack Wells, U.S.
Department of
Transportation retired
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Advancing the Policy Frontier
Chair: Maeve Carey, Chair: Ronald Bird,
Congressional
U.S. Chamber of
Research Service
Commerce
Discussant: James
Broughel, George
Mason University
Discussant: Jerry
Ellig, George Mason
University
Presentations:
Presentations:
Learning from
Experience: An
Assessment of
the Retrospective
Review of Agency
Rules and the
Evidence for
Improving the
Design and
Implementation of
Regulatory Policy,
Joseph E. Aldy*,
Harvard University
Evidence-Based
Policymaking:
Integrating CostBenefit Analysis into
a Broader Approach
to Fund What
Works in State and
Local Government,
Darcy White* and
Torey Silloway*,
The Pew Charitable
Trusts
Looking Back at
Retrospective
Review: How Did
Agencies Measure
Up in 2014? Sofie
E. Miller*, The
George Washington
University Regulatory
Studies Center
A Framework
for Evaluating
Regulatory
Outcomes, Kathryn
Newcomer*,
Susan Dudley, and
Estelle Raimondo,
George Washington
University
Why Look Back?
An Analysis of
State Government
Decisions to
Analyze Existing
Regulations, Stuart
Shapiro*, Debra
Borie-Holtz and Ian
Markey, Rutgers
University
Ex-Ante CostBenefit Analyses of
Community-based
DRR Interventions
in the Caribbean,
Meenakshi Jerath*
and Juan Pablo
Sarmiento, Florida
International
University
D.8: Assessing
Benefits in
Consumer
Protection
Regulation
Chair: Lisa A.
Robinson, Harvard
Center for Risk
Analysis
Panelists:
Howell Jackson,
Harvard Law School
Paul Rothstein,
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau
Michael Livermore,
University of Virginia
Art Fraas, Resources
for the Future
Dick Morgenstern,
Resources for the
Future
E.8: The
Effectiveness
of Policies
Involving Health
Warning Labels
and Signage:
Cigarettes,
e-Cigarettes, and
Alcohol
Chair: Trudy Ann
Cameron, University
of Oregon
Discussant:
Joseph Cordes, The
George Washington
University
Presentations:
Will New Warning
Labels Encourage
or Discourage the
Use of Electronic
Cigarettes?
Evidence from
Experimental
Markets, Don
Kenkel*, Cornell
University
What are the
Potential Benefits
of Graphic Warning
Labels? Richard M.
Peck* and John A.
Tauras, University of
Illinois at Chicago
The Effects of
Posted Point-ofSale Warnings
on Alcohol
Consumption
During Pregnancy
and on Birth
Outcomes, Gulcan
Cil*, University of
Oregon
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the map below)
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MILKEN FLOOR PLAN
March 18 Workshops will take place in the Convening Center (marked as 4 above) and the Prefunction space (5 above), as well as in Room 300A on the third floor.
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Advancing the Policy Frontier
MARVIN CENTER FLOOR PLAN
Conference events will take place in the Lobby, Grand Ballroom, and
rooms 302, 307, 308, 309, 310 and 413-414 on the Fourth Floor.
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