Principles & Standards
Principles and Standards
One of the Benefit-Cost Analysis Center's main projects is to help establish principles and standards for the use of benefit-cost analysis, particularly with respect to social programming. The center has commissioned papers from leaders in various fields, with the goal of establishing preliminary principles and standards by the end of 2009. The Principles and Standards project is funded through the MacArthur Foundation.
Draft Papers
These papers are still under the review process and may be subject to revision. Comments are welcomed. Because these papers are still in the draft stage, please contact the author(s) before citing, and cite the papers only as draft papers to preserve the integrity of the scholarly contribution and author's copyright.
- Principles and Standards for the Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety (635 KB PDF) by R. Scott Farrow
- An Ethical Foundation for Benefit-Cost Analysis (309 KB PDF) by Richard O. Zerbe Jr.
- Principles and Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Mitigation Programs (337 KB PDF) by Joseph H. Cook
- General Issues Concerning the Application of Benefit-Cost Analysis to Social Policy (177 KB PDF) by Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer
- Importance of Incorporating Distributional Issues in Benefit-Cost Analysis (122 KB PDF) by John B. Loomis
- Principles and Standards for the Benefit-Cost Analysis of Crime (190 KB PDF) by John R. Lott, Jr.

