The Future of Cost-Benefit Analysis at EPA

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Date

May 15, 2002

Authors

Alan Krupnick and Richard D. Morgenstern

Publication

Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Topics

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Authors

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

Richard D. Morgenstern

Senior Fellow

Richard Morgenstern is a senior fellow at RFF. His research focuses on the economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies.

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