Environmental Benefits Assessment in Economic Impact Studies: A Review

摘要

The report is a retrospective review of benefits assessment as it has been practiced in the first years' Illinois experience with economic impact studies (eics). It should be valuable reading for those generally interested in environmental benefits assessment, be they public officials, private sector professionals or members of the general public. This report also examines a sampling of economic impact studies prepared since 1975 in order to evaluate their assessment of the benefits that would result from enforcement of pollution control regulations. The studies that are included were selected because they illustrate a variety of assessment issues.