COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN POLARIZED TIMES

• Published in: Administrative law review Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 695 - 785
• Main Author: Gould, Jonathan S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Bar Association 22.09.2023
• Subjects: Administrative law; Analysis; Bipartisanship (Politics); Cost benefit analysis; Deregulation; Evaluation; Incentive (Psychology); Judicial review of administrative acts; Laws, regulations and rules; Management; Methods; Partisanship; Policy making; Political aspects; Political parties; Politics; Public law

On nearly every major issue of regulatory policy and administrative law, the two parties are sharply polarized. Yet presidential administrations of both parties have used regulatory cost-benefit analysis for nearly a half-century. Why? This Article examines the political forces that have given cost-...