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Policy Brief—Facilitating Retrospective Analysis of Environmental Regulations

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  • Maureen L Cropper
  • Richard D Morgenstern
  • Nicholas Rivers

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Prospective or ex ante studies of the costs, benefits, and distributional impacts of new environmental regulations are now commonly performed in many countries. Retrospective analyses, which aim to document actual outcomes, are far less common. The purpose of this policy brief is to illustrate the value of retrospective analysis of environmental regulations, discuss the main challenges of conducting such studies, and make suggestions for facilitating the conduct of retrospective analyses. We examine recent examples of ex post analyses of three sets of U.S. regulations—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cluster Rule, the NOx Budget Program, and federal gasoline content regulations—and British Columbia’s carbon tax. Based on this review, we offer some lessons for facilitating future retrospective analysis of environmental regulations.

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  • Maureen L Cropper & Richard D Morgenstern & Nicholas Rivers, 2018. "Policy Brief—Facilitating Retrospective Analysis of Environmental Regulations," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 12(2), pages 359-370.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:renvpo:v:12:y:2018:i:2:p:359-370.
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    1. Joseph E. Aldy & Maximilian Auffhammer & Maureen Cropper & Arthur Fraas & Richard Morgenstern, 2022. "Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 60(1), pages 179-232, March.
    2. Aldy, Joseph E., 2022. "Learning How to Build Back Better through Clean Energy Policy Evaluation," RFF Working Paper Series 22-15, Resources for the Future.
    3. Huntington, Hillard G., 2021. "Model evaluation for policy insights: Reflections on the forum process," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    4. Qiang Wang & Zhongfu Tan & Gejirifu De & Qingkun Tan & Lei Pu, 2019. "An Evolutionary Game Study of Clean Heating Promotion Mechanisms under the Policy Regulation in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-22, July.
    5. Aldy, Joseph E. & Auffhammer, Maximillian & Cropper, Maureen L. & Fraas, Arthur G. & Morgenstern, Richard D., 2020. "Looking Back at Fifty Years of the Clean Air Act," RFF Working Paper Series 20-01, Resources for the Future.

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