This primer highlightsboth the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.

When it comes to helping the poor, conventional wisdom tells us that charity is the answer. But that isn't true.

When it comes to helping the poor, conventional wisdom tells us that charity is the answer. But that isn't true.

The establishment of new accounting rules for expensing options would likely do more harm than good.

This study's estimates of the reduction in accidents from a ban on cell phone use while driving are both lower and less certain than previous studies indicate.

Requiring companies to expense options in the absence of any satisfactory method to evaluate their costs would be inconsistent with the principles and objectives of accounting.

Requiring companies to expense options in the absence of any satisfactory method to evaluate their costs would be inconsistent with the principles and objectives of accounting.

The establishment of new accounting rules for expensing options would likely do more harm than good.