Assessing Regulatory Costs and Benefits

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 221-229

  Robinson, L A ^a  

^a Independent Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Compliance costs; Cost effectiveness analysis; Economic analysis; Pollution abatement; Quality adjusted life year; Regulation; Regulatory impact analysis; Valuation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881788179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00712-1     Document Type: Chapter

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