Policy Watch: Government Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Regulation
回顾了经济分析在监管决策中日益增长的应用，评估了OMB首份报告，并探讨如何利用经济分析改进监管决策，指出政策制定者需关注质疑监管有效性的新证据。
Recently, Congress has shown a greater interest in assessing the economic impact of regulation. This interest was driven in part by estimates that federal regulation costs several hundred billion dollars annually. In 1996, Congress required the director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide estimates of the total annual benefits and costs of individual regulations. This essay reviews the increasing use of economic analysis in regulatory decisionmaking, critically assesses the first 0MB report, and considers how the use of economic analysis can help inform regulatory decisionmaking. It argues that policymakers need to address a growing body of evidence that casts doubt on the effectiveness and efficiency of much regulation.