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Benefit-cost analyses for security policies : does increased safety have to reduce efficiency? / edited by Carol Mansfield, senior economist, RTI International, USA ; V. Kerry Smith, emeritus regents' professor and emeritus university professor, Arizona State University, USA

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 276 pages) : diagrams, illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781784711085
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781784711078. | Erscheint auch als: Benefit-cost analyses for security policies. Druck-Ausgabe. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2015. XI, 276 SDDC classification:
  • 363.3/5/0973 23
RVK: RVK: QC 160LOC classification:
  • UA927
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781784711085Online resources: Summary: The opening of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in 2014 marks a new era of reflection toward enhancing homeland security regulation in the United States. In the context of this new era, it is necessary to consider how policy intended to reinforce homeland security is evaluated. -- Benefit-Cost Analyses for Security Policies describes how to undertake the evaluation of security policies within the framework of benefit-cost analysis and offers a unique contribution to analysis of homeland security regulations in the United States. The authors outline how established procedures for benefit-cost analysis must adapt to meet challenges posed by current security policy, through examining specific security related regulations. The logic of risk assessment, selection of a discount rate, valuation of travelers' time when delayed due to screening, valuation of changes in risks of injury or death, and impacts of terrorist events on the economy as a whole are among the issues discussed. An outline of the research and policy evaluation steps needed to build robust benefit-cost methods to evaluate security related regulations in the future is presented in the book. A series of examples is offered to illustrate how new security regulations should be reassessed to ensure resources are not wasted. -- Policy analysts will benefit from the insight drawn on how to evaluate homeland security regulation in the United States. Academic researchers interested in homeland security policy evaluation will find this book valuable and informative. Postgraduate students of public policy or applied economics will find examples of the challenges in using the methods of benefit-cost analysis in this new area for policy evaluation.PPN: PPN: 1023438194Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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