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Cost Benefit News covers legal, academic, and regulatory developments pertaining to the valuation of environmental amenities and disamenities, such as clean air, trees, parks, congestion, and noise. We apprise the reader about ways in which costs and benefits are measured, and the results of empirical studies. We hope that this information will allow public and private organizations to comprehend the risks and benefits of various actions, help disputants to resolve conflicts equitably and efficiently, and improve the quality of public policies. We will only discuss issues related to the empirical quantification of private and social costs and benefits and damages, and summarize information from daily newspapers, academic journals, legal publications, court decisions, professional newsletters commissioned studies, and on-line services. This newsletter is dedicated to the principle that all policies place values upon life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe that more information, explicit specification of assumptions, and rigorous analysis can help our society to better meet these ends. This site will increasingly serve, in conjunction with others, as a valuation database. We will include a wide range of studies, including non-environmental reports, because omission of a factor effectively values it at zero, and biases decisions. Heavy traffic has caused several site crashes. We are attempting to correct these problems. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Insights from Bolivia’s Green National Accounts

By CostBenefit on Jan 18, 2011 | In General, Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of Green National Accounting by drawing out some interesting insights from the Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts recently elaborated by the Institute for Advanced Development… more »

Redesign of a component based on ecodesign practices: environmental impact and cost reduction achievements

By CostBenefit on Oct 27, 2010 | In General, Energy, Latin America, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Academic Study/Journal Article, Waste & Recycling, Savings, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: This paper focuses on ecodesign and its application in the footwear industry aiming to identify how the ecodesign can be applied to the redesign of a shoe component in order to minimize the environmental impact and simultaneously reduce costs o… more »

Cost-Effective conservation in Peru: The value of apples and oranges.

By CostBenefit on Oct 15, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Latin America, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Preservation & Open Space, Endangered Species, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits

This brief shows that having conservation data in different forms – economic apples and biological oranges, if you will – can lead to better conservation planning.Descending from the snow-capped heights of the Andes through the Kosñipata Valley, cros… more »

Cultural bias in contingent valuation of copper mining in the Commonwealth of Dominica

By CostBenefit on Oct 10, 2010 | In General, Land + Water, Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Natural Resource Damages, Ecosystem Valuation, Contamination Cost, Contingent Valuation, Surveys,.., Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: Cultural bias in contingent valuation exists if groups within a population have a cultural predisposition toward answering “no” or “yes” to questions which causes the population estimate of the WTP to be underestimated or overestimated. This… more »

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