Upcoming Events
Benefit-Cost Analysis for Beginners
September 17
CBA for U.S. Regulatory
Impact Statements
October 13 & 14
SBCA European Conference
October 19 & 20, 2021
Upcoming Workshops
SBCA workshop faculty include world-class authorities from the field of benefit-cost analysis. To enhance the online learning experience, each workshop will be spread over multiple days and provide opportunities for direct engagement with faculty.
- September 17: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Beginners
- October 13 & 14: CBA for U.S. Regulatory Impact Statements (co-sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group)
On Balance Blog
What Should OIRA Do about Equity, Justice, Dignity and Moral Responsibility?
By Dan Acland, University of California Berkeley
On his first day in office, President Biden issued a memorandum titled Modernizing Regulatory Review, directing the director of the Office of Management and Budget to produce a set of recommendations for how to improve regulatory review. Read more
2021 SBCA Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis is pleased to announce that its outstanding dissertation award for 2021 goes to Gabriel Englander from the University of California, Berkeley‘s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Learn more
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
JBCA Summer 2021 Issue Now Available
The issue highlights the breadth of timely topics covered by BCA as well as the international reach of the BCA approach to policy evaluation.
JBCA Spring 2021 Issue Now Available
The issue contains selected papers from the First European Meeting of the SBCA plus other papers on key BCA topics.
JBCA Fall Issue Now Available
This issue features seven articles with specific and timely policies suggestions for the incoming Presidential administration in the U.S.
SBCA News
Covid-19 BCA Resources
SBCA is currently dedicated to providing the latest and most informative information on COVID-19 Policy Benefit-Cost Resources.
SBCA Member Benefits
Significant discounts on the SBCA Annual Conference registration.
Connection to the pre-eminent, global community of benefit-cost practitioners, advocates, and academics.
A complimentary subscription to the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis.
Access to a growing supply of members-only programs and benefits.
Support of the only organization dedicated entirely to the practice and advancement of benefit-cost analysis.
What Is Benefit-Cost Analysis?
Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is a process through which companies, governmental authorities, and organizations around the world systematically measure and assess the pros and cons of alternatives. BCA can be used to analyze long term effects of large-scale investments, events, regulations, policies, and high-level decisions. BCA goes beyond other disciplines to evaluate not only the financial impact of decisions and actions, but the social, environmental, cultural, and other effects.