Economic analyses at EPA : assessing regulatory impact / / edited by Richard D. Morgenstern

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : Resources for the Future, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (495 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7/056/0973
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - Economic aspects - United States; Environmental protection - Economic aspects - United States
• Altri autori: MorgensternRichard D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction to economic analyses at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 2. The legal and institutional setting for economic analysis at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 3. Conducting an economic analysis : rationale, issues, and requirements / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 4. Lead in gasoline / Albert L. Nichols -- 5. Water pollution and the organic chemicals industry / Peter Caulkins and Stuart Sessions -- 6. Stratospheric-ozone depletion / James K. Hammitt -- 7. Asbestos / Christine M. Augustyniak -- 8. Lead in drinking water / Ronnie Levin -- 9. Municipal landfill management / Sara Rasmussen -- 10. Visibility at the Grand Canyon and the Navajo generating station / Leland Deck -- 11. Agricultural pesticides and worker protection / Louis P. True Jr. -- 12. Vehicle inspection/maintenance / Todd Ramsden -- 13. Municipal sewage sludge management / Mahesh Podar, Susan Burris, and Robert S. Raucher -- 14. Reformulated gasoline / Robert C. Anderson and Richard A. Rykowski -- 15. Great lakes water quality guidance / Eloise Trabka Castillo, Mark L. Morris, and Robert S. Raucher -- 16. Economic analysis : benefits, costs, implications / Richard D. Morgenstern and Marc K. Landy.
• Sommario/riassunto: For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting programmatic 'economic analyses,' also known as Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), to assess the economic effects of its regulatory efforts. This important volume explains the purpose of these analyses, along with their design, execution, conclusions, and their ultimate impact on environmental rules. Richard Morgenstern, formerly director of EPA?s Office of Policy Analysis, has assembled twelve original case studies of RIAs performed over the past decade on matters such as lead in gasoline, ozone depletion, asbestos, clean drin
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic analyses at EPA
• ISBN: 1-135-89117-6; 1-138-42397-1; 1-135-89110-9; 1-315-06068-X; 0-585-33328-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780165103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II