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Retrospective cost analyses of EPA regulations: a case study approach

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  • Kopits, Elizabeth
  • McGartland, Al
  • Morgan, Cynthia
  • Pasurka, Carl
  • Shadbegian, Ron
  • Simon, Nathalie B.
  • Simpson, David
  • Wolverton, Ann

Abstract

EPA has conducted several ex post assessments of regulatory compliance costs, with the ultimate goal of identifying ways to improve ex ante cost estimation. The work to date has culminated in four case studies that examine five regulations using a common conceptual framework. The standardized framework provides a systematic way to investigate key drivers of compliance costs to see if judgments can be made about why and how ex ante and ex post estimates of costs differ. In addition to describing this conceptual framework, we describe the criteria used to select the rules to be analyzed, summarize the main hypotheses for why ex ante and ex post cost estimates may differ and discuss some of the challenges encountered in conducting these ex post analyses.

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  • Kopits, Elizabeth & McGartland, Al & Morgan, Cynthia & Pasurka, Carl & Shadbegian, Ron & Simon, Nathalie B. & Simpson, David & Wolverton, Ann, 2014. "Retrospective cost analyses of EPA regulations: a case study approach," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 173-193, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jbcoan:v:5:y:2014:i:02:p:173-193_00
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    1. Kopits, Elizabeth, 2014. "A retrospective assessment of the costs of EPA’s 1998 Locomotive Emission Standards," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 285-314, June.
    2. Morgan, Cynthia & Simon, Nathalie B., 2014. "National primary drinking water regulation for arsenic: A retrospective assessment of costs," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 259-284, June.
    3. Wolverton, Ann, 2014. "Retrospective evaluation of costs associated with methyl bromide critical use exemptions for open field strawberries in California," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 225-257, June.
    4. Ann Wolverton & Ann E. Ferris & Nathalie B. Simon, 2017. "Retrospective Evaluation of the Costs Associated with the 2004 Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Surface Coating NESHAP," NCEE Working Paper Series 201707, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, revised Dec 2017.
    5. Gingerich, Daniel B. & Zhao, Yifan & Mauter, Meagan S., 2019. "Environmentally significant shifts in trace element emissions from coal plants complying with the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 1206-1215.
    6. Morgan, Cynthia & Pasurka, Carl & Shadbegian, Ron & Belova, Anna & Casey, Brendan, 2023. "Estimating the cost of environmental regulations and technological change with limited information," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 204(PA).

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