Several legal scholars are highly skeptical of the use of costbenefit analysis and other
economic tools in regulatory decisionmak-ing. Recently, these critics have focused on …

Several scholars are highly skeptical of the use of cost-benefit analysis and other economic
tools in regulatory decision making. Recently, these critics have focused on debunking …

The United States is a" cost-benefit state,"'if one of rather recent advent. 2 In the years since
President Ronald Reagan's first inauguration, the use of cost-benefit analysis as a …

Using Cost-Benefit Analysis to Review Regulation Page 1 Using Cost-Benefit Analysis to
Review Regulation 1 Tyler Cowen (George Mason University) 1. Introduction One set of …

Executive orders, statutes, and precedent increasingly require cost-benefit analysis of
regulations. Presidential executive orders have long required executive agencies to submit …

In The Limits of Quantification, Professor Cass R. Sunstein persuasively argues that
administrative agencies should engage in breakeven analysis when they are not able to …

Recent scholarship by Mathew D. McCubbins, Roger G. Noll, and Barry R. Weingast, 1 and
by Arthur Lupia and McCubbins, 2 sheds new light on an important administrative law …

Since the 1970s, there has been a tremendous growth in government regulation pertaining
to risk and the environment. These efforts have emerged quite legitimately because market …

Page 1 ECONOMIC REASONING AND JUDICIAL REVIEW AEI-Brookings Joint Center 2003
Distinguished Lecture BY STEPHEN BREYER AEI-BROOKINGS JOINT CENTER FOR …

Regulations should solve real problems at a reasonable cost.'To know whether a proposed
regulation is indeed likely to do this, a regulator needs to know whether a real problem …