OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A Benefit–Cost Analysis of Tulsa Pre-K, Based on Effects on High-School Graduation and College Attendance	25
A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution	20
Cost–Benefit Analysis of Bus Fare Subsidies under Financial Constraints: The Case of Asunción, Paraguay	20
Funding a Just Transition Away from Coal in the U.S. Considering Avoided Damage from Air Pollution	19
Economic Evaluation Under Ambiguity and Structural Uncertainties	18
Benefit–cost analysis in the 5.9 GHz band	16
Regulatory Impact Analysis and Litigation Risk	15
Mask Mandate Costs	14
Why Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Social Welfare Function Is Not Society’s Social Welfare Function	12
Be Brief, Be Consistent, Be Neutral: Comments on US Draft Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”	12
From Benefit–Cost Analysis to Social Welfare: A Pragmatic Approach	11
Comparing the Draft and Final Circular A-4	10
When Can Benefit–Cost Analyses Ignore Secondary Markets?	10
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Increased International Migration of Skilled Labor in Africa and the World	10
Valuing a Reduction in the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Large-Scale Multi-Country Stated Preference Approach	9
Introduction to the Special Issue	9
Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy: A New Approach	7
BCA volume 15 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	7
Assessing Risk, Effectiveness, and Benefits in Transportation Regulation	6
The Incomparable Jerry Ellig	6
The Global Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Benefit–Cost Analysis and Social Welfare Analysis	6
Do Opportunity Costs of Regulations Appropriately Benefit or Inappropriately Burden Disadvantaged Consumers?	6
Distribution and Disputation: Net Benefits, Equity, and Public Decision-Making	5
Is Communications-Company Ownership of Video Content a Threat to Competition?	5
Ex-Ante Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Legalizing Cannabis Markets in the Czech Republic	5

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Increased Trade: An Order-of-Magnitude Estimate of the Benefit–Cost Ratio	5
Valuing a Reduction in the Risk and Severity of Asthma: A Large Scale Multi-Country Stated Preference Approach	4
Advice on Guidance: Peer Review of Draft Circular A-4 “Regulatory Analysis”	4
What OIRA Peer Reviewers Advised Regarding Notable Proposed Updates to Circular A-4: An Ignored Consensus?	4
BCA volume 16 issue S2 Cover and Front matter	4
Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower–Middle-Income Countries – CORRIGENDUM	3
The Elasticity of Marginal Utility of Income for Distributional Weighting and Social Discounting: A Meta-Analysis	3
Sustainable Development Goal Halftime Project: Benefit-Cost Analysis Using Methods from the Decade of Vaccine Economics Model	3
Don’t TREAD on Anyone? The Political Economy and Effectiveness of Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems	2
Investing in Nutrition: A Global Best Investment Case	2
Letter from Former SBCA Presidents and JBCA Editors to OIRA Administrator	2
Applying the Regulatory Report Card to Tax Regulations	2
Application of an Epi-Econ-Model to Analyze COVID-19 Lockdown Policies in the Netherlands: Lessons and Limitations	2
BCA volume 14 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	2
Efficiency vs. Welfare in Benefit–Cost Analysis: The Case of Government Funding	2
The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model – CORRIGENDUM	1
Citizen Preferences and BCA: A Model of Willingness-to-Pay behind a Veil of Ignorance	1
BCA volume 14 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	1
The Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) Model for Measuring the Value of Gains in Health: An Exact Formulation	1
Lessons to Be Learned from Impact Assessments in Times of Crises: A Qualitative Analysis of Finnish Law-Drafting during COVID-19	1
The Net Benefits and Residual Cost from U.S. Border Management of the Initially Inadmissible	1
Ethics and Benefit–Cost Analysis: Introduction to the Special Issue	1
Valuing Heat-Related Mortality Risks	1
An Assessment of the Climate Damage Costs of European Short-Lived Climate Forcers	1
Distributional weighting and welfare/equity tradeoffs: a new approach	1
Save 4.2 Million Lives and Generate $1.1 Trillion in Economic Benefits for Only $41 Billion: Introduction to the Special Issue on the Most Efficient Policies for the Sustainable Development Goals	0
When Patients are Assailants: Valuing Occupational Risks in Health Care	0
Economic Efficiency-Based Benefit–Cost Analysis: Comments on Circular A-4	0
BCA volume 14 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	0
The Investment Case for E-Government Procurement: A Cost–Benefit Analysis	0
The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model	0
Revision of Circular A-4 Is Warranted to Reflect the Advances in Scholarship Relevant to Regulatory Analysis, but Some Caveats Are in Order	0
Sustainable Development Goal Halftime Project: Benefit-Cost Analysis Using Methods from the Decade of Vaccine Economics Model – CORRIGENDUM	0
Lessons from Applying Value of Statistical Life and Alternate Methods to Benefit–Cost Analysis to Inform Development Spending	0
Estimated Values of Avoiding Cancer Risks by Cancer Site and Population	0
The Military VSL	0
A Test of Hirschman’s Hiding Hand Principle in World Bank-Financed Hydropower Projects	0
The Right Numeraire or the Just Weights? How to Make BCA Rational and Fair	0
Regulatory Reform: Results and Challenges	0
Adaptable Tool for Modeling the Benefits and Costs of Substance Use Disorder Recovery Programs	0
Regulators Should Value Nonhuman Animals	0
Policy Diffusion, Environmental Federalism, and Economic Efficiency – How Institutions Influence the Implementation of EU Legislation in Two Nordic Countries	0
The Coordination Value of Regulation	0
The Economic Benefit of Recycling: An Application of Travel Cost Method to Estimate the Consumer Surplus	0
The Influence of the Benefit–Cost Analysis on Policy Evaluation in the European Union	0
Renewable Energy Support Through Feed-in Tariffs: A Retrospective Stakeholder Analysis	0
BCA volume 15 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	0
Reorganization of Economists at the FCC: The Role of Decision Rights, Control Systems, and Culture	0
The Value of Life in the Social Cost of Carbon: A Critique and a Proposal	0
Differences by Race and Ethnicity in Title IX’s Effect on Women’s Health	0

Monetizing Animal Welfare Impacts for Benefit–Cost Analysis	0
Estimating Lost Dividends from Incomplete Energy Access Transitions	0
The Welfare Cost of Beijing’s Lottery Policy: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Survey	0
An Equity Blindspot: The Incidence of Regulatory Costs	0
An Investment Case for the Scale-up and Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets Halfway into the SDG Targets	0
The Investment Case for Land Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cost–Benefit Analysis	0
One Million Lives Saved Per Year: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of the Global Plan to End Tuberculosis, 2023–2030 and Beyond	0
Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions	0
BCA volume 16 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	0
BCA volume 16 issue 2-3 Cover and Front matter	0
BCA volume 16 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	0
Cost–Benefit Analysis of an “Average” Professional Sports Team or Stadium in the United States	0
Ex Ante Costs Versus Ex Post Costs of the Large Municipal Waste Combustor Rule	0
Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower–Middle-Income Countries	0
BCA volume 15 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	0
The Costs and Benefits of a Local DNA Database	0
“What’s Your Problem?”: Building an Evidence-Based System of Regulatory Analysis from the Bottom-Up	0
BCA volume 16 issue S1 Cover and Back matter	0
What Are the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead on Personality?	0
BCA volume 15 issue S1 Cover and Back matter	0
Guidance Is Not Enough: U.S. Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”	0
Viscusi Circular A-4 Peer Review Comments and Guidance for Future Revisions	0
The Shadow Prices of Voluntary Caregiving: Using Well-Being Panel Data to Estimate the Cost of Informal Care	0
Specifying the Baseline in Benefit–Cost Analysis: Comments on U.S. Draft Circular A4	0
Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs	0
BCA volume 14 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	0
Discounting in Natural Resource Damage Assessment	0
Inequality and the Value of a Statistical Life	0
Achieving Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Development Goals Effectively: A Cost-Benefit Analysis	0
Benefit–Cost Analysis of Increased Funding for Agricultural Research and Development in the Global South	0
Ensuring Durability and Objectivity in Regulatory Analysis: Comments on OMB Circular A-4	0
Discounting in Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Erratum	0
Open Exceptions: Why Does the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) Exempts RIA and Ex Post Reviews?	0
BCA volume 15 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	0
Forecast Errors and Welfare Conclusions Based on the Flyvbjerg Database	0
Regulatory Impact Analysis Guidelines: Introduction to Special Issue	0
On the Design of a Regulatory System	0
Redistributive Regulations and Deadweight Loss	0
All Cancers Are not Created Equal: How Do Survival Prospects Affect the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Cancer?	0
Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries	0
An Ancillary Effect of Patient Navigation Following Detox: Fewer Arrests	0