Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis

Journal - as part of the SBCA membership benefits, all SBCA members are given a free subscription to the journal of benefit cost analysis (JBCA). JBCA is the only journal devoted exclusively to benefit-cost analysis, the leading evidence based anaytical method for determining if the consequences of specific public actions make society better off overall. JBCA publishes theory, empirical analysis, case studies, and techniques. Applications include social programs related to education, crime, health, poverty, labor and housing as well as regulations and projects related to the environment, natural resources, transportation, safety, and security. The interdisciplinary nature, with contributions from a wide range of disciplines and areas of public policy, is unique. JBCAs mission is to expand the use of serious, state of the art BCA by individuals and groups who make public policy decisions, those who advise, and those who implement the projects, programs, and policies. By serving as a bridge, the JBCA serves an important role that few other journals provide.

Conference workshops; as an international group of practitioners, academics, and others who are working to improve the theory and application of the tools and benefit cost analysis (BCA), SBCA welcomes submissions that support the ehnanced use of such analysis to promote evidence based decision making. BCA is defined broadly, including cost analysis, cost effectiviness analysis, risk-benefit analysis, applied welfare economics, damange assessment and other methods. The conference welcomes submissions on topics closely related to BCA such as non-market evaluation, discounting, equity, social policy, regulation, implementation of BCA, etc and application to any public policy area, such as environment, transport, health, energy etc. are encourged.