2020 Society Webinar Series
The Society for Benefit-Cost webinar series features new material and a few presentations originally scheduled for our March 2020 Annual Meeting. These presentations are free to Society members and (with limited exceptions) available to nonmembers for a fee. The list of past and future webinars is below along with information about how to view a recording (for past webinars) or to register.
If you find the Society's resources useful and want to support the benefit-cost analysis field, please consider becoming a member or making a donation.
The Society is planning to offer 6 webinars between July-December 2020. For more information click here.
All individual webinars will be free to SBCA members.
All individual webinars will be available to non-members at $35 per session.
Non-members can also bundle all 6 of the webinars for the $140. Register Now
Assessing Ways of Saving Lives During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A conversation with Kip Viscusi. June 30, 2020
On Balance Blog
On Balance: Professional Principles for Benefit-Cost Analysts
September 22, 2020
By: Joel Huber
Novel threats call us to action. Witness the response to the 9/11 attack and more recently to the coronavirus. Such risks may be particularly compelling if citizens do not understand how to deal with the harm or because of ambiguity around the probability that the threat will be realized.
SBCA European Conference
Registration Now Open
The in-person SBCA European Conference has been canceled for this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the keynote speakers have agreed to share their thoughts in an online event to be held October 14th.
Here are a few preliminary details including the tentative titles of the talks:
- Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming): Challenges of social distancing, how did the assumptions made in March turn out in retrospective? Uncertainty in CBA, advice to real policy-making and the CBA.
- John Hassler ( Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University): Perspectives on the covid-19 pandemic and cost benefit analysis
- Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics) : Comments on both keynotes
For more information on the SBCA European webinar, please visit here.
To register for the free webinar, please click here.
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Volume 11 - Issue 2 of JBCA - Summer 2020
Volume 11 - Issue 1 of the JBCA Spring 2020
Volume 10- Issue 3 - of the JBCA Fall 2019
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Covid-19 BCA Resources
SBCA is currently dedicated to providing the latest and most informative information on COVID-19 Policy Benefit-Cost Resources.
Reference Case Guidelines for Benefit-Cost Analysis Workshop
During this full‐day workshop, we will discuss the final guidance that results from this project, including underlying concepts, approaches for valuing changes in health and longevity, and practical implementation. October 22, 2019 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 1300 I (Eye) St. NW Washington, D.C. 20005 For more information and free registration, please visit here.
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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.