That isn’t what benefit-cost analysis—required by presidents for more than 40 years and increasingly by courts—is supposed to do.

The Biden Administration is revising the rules for how agencies conduct cost-benefit analyses, and some CBA experts have expressed concerns.

The federal government has long used so-called benefit-cost analysis when setting regulations that cover business activity, environmental pollution and much more.

Anticipated SEC Scope 1 to 3 emission disclosure rules may—at least in part—fall short of cost-benefit analysis for corporate clients.

Cost-Benefit Analysis, Except For National Security For decades, the U.S. government generally has required analysis that benefits outweigh costs when issuing new regulations.