Comments to the US EPA on “Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process”

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Date

Aug. 10, 2018

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Alan Krupnick, Arthur G. Fraas, Richard D. Morgenstern, and Nathan Richardson

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Testimony and Public Comments

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1 minute

Authors

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

Arthur G. Fraas

Visiting Fellow

Arthur Fraas is a visiting fellow at Resources for the Future. At RFF, Fraas works on a variety of issues related to energy and the environment, including projects looking at issues and tradeoffs with energy efficiency regulations, and more.

Richard D. Morgenstern

Senior Fellow

Richard Morgenstern is a senior fellow at RFF. His research focuses on the economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies.

Nathan Richardson

University Fellow

Nathan Richardson is an attorney and university fellow at RFF, where he specializes in environmental law and economics.

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