The Annual Meeting of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis will be held March 16-17, 2020, on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, DC. You can find the full program and registration information on the Society’s website.

Here are a few noteworthy panels for administrative law scholars and practitioners:

1.A Surviving Judicial Review

Chair: Jennifer Baxter, Industrial Economics, Inc.

Discussant: Jonathan Wiener, Duke University School of Law

Presentations:

• An Empirical Analysis of Legal Challenges to Regulatory Policymaking Under Trump; Bethany Davis Noll, NYU School of Law – Institute for Policy Integrity
• Trump, Deregulation, the Courts, and Benefit-Cost Analysis; John Graham, Indiana University
• Economic Analysis and Litigation Risk; Jerry Ellig, GWU Regulatory Studies Center

2.A The Year in Review: Benefits and Costs of Major 2019 Rules

Chair: Clark Nardinelli, Past President, Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis

Presenters:

• Susan Dudley, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Former OIRA Administrator
• Dominic Mancini,  OIRA
• Howard Shelanski, Georgetown University Law School, Former OIRA Administrator
• Stuart Shapiro, Rutgers University

6.A Health Valuation of Mortality

Chair: Jennifer Baxter, Industrial Economics, Inc.

Discussant: W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University

Presentations:

• Value per Statistical Life Year (VSLY) and its Dependence on the Time Path of Risk Reduction: Stated-Preference Estimates; James. K. Hammitt, Harvard University (Center for Risk Analysis) and Toulouse School of Economics (University of Toulouse)
• Risk perception, learning, and parents’ willingness to pay to reduce heart disease risks; Mark Dickie, Department of Economics, University of Central Florida
• Does the Value per Statistical Life Vary with Age or Baseline Health? Evidence from a compensating wage study in France; Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Université Paris-Dauphine

6.D Data and Securities Market Security

Chair/Discussant: Connor Raso, Securities and Exchange Commission & Georgetown Law

Presentations:

• A Dynamic Economic Evaluation of Cyber Security Investment; Kerry Krutilla, O’Neill School, Indiana University – Bloomington
• Estimating the Costs and Benefits of a Federal Privacy Law; William Rinehart, American Action Forum
• Weighing Costs and Benefits in EU administrative practice: the case of European Securities and Markets Authority; Letizia Gianni, European University Institute

6.E Deregulation and Judicial Review

Chair: Eliane Catilina, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussant: Bethany Davis Noll, NYU School of Law – Institute for Policy Integrity

Presentations:

• Benefit-Cost Analysis of Judicial Review of Regulation; Kyle Rozema, Washington University in St. Louis
• Analysis of U.S. De-Regulatory Actions; Douglas Scheffler
• Judicial Review of Regulatory Impact Analysis: Why Not the Best?, Reeve Bull, Administrative Conference of the United States 

7.B More BCA, Less Sludge

Chair: Randall Lutter, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Discussant: Joe Devlin, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Presentations:

• The Ascendency of the Cost-Benefit State?; Paul Noe, American Forest & Paper Association, John Graham, University of Indiana, School of Public & Environmental Affairs
• The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Technological Innovation; Miriam Matejova, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Analysis of Paperwork Burden from U.S. EPA; Amy Lamson, United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Reducing EPA’s Paperwork Burden, Lessons Learned; Nena Shaw, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Amy Lamson, United States Environmental Protection Agency

8.C Big Implications of Tiny Items: Regulating Particulates

Chair: Bridget Dooling, George Washington University, Regulatory Studies Center

Presenters:

• Adam Gustafson, Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC
• Caroline Cecot, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Brian Mannix, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
• Connor Raso, Securities and Exchange Commission & Georgetown Law

8.D Roundtable Discussion: Optimal Allocation of Resources in Regulatory Analysis Review

Chair: Elisabeth Newcomb, Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy

Panel:

• Oliver Sherouse, Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy
• Amber Jessup, ASPE/HHS
• Michael McManus, OIRA/OMB
• Jerry Ellig, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center

8.E The Economics of Economic Analysis in Government

Chair: Glenn Blomquist University of Kentucky

Discussant: John Powers, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
Presentations:

• The Organization of Economists at Federal Regulatory Agencies; Jerry Ellig, GWU Regulatory Studies Center
• Regulatory Impact Analysis and Judicial Review; Zhoudan Xie, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
• Does the Relationship Between Regulation and Manufacturing Productivity Differ by the Form of Regulation?; Mark Febrizio, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center