EPA Coke Oven Regulation Evidence
10/01/2010
Pew Environmental Group. October 2010.
“Industry Opposition to Government Regulation” provides a nice chart comparing the real price tags of environmental, safety, and health regulations to industry’s original estimation of their costs. Very clear, very succinct.
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07/01/2005
OMB Watch. July 2005.
OMB Watch compiled this useful chart of the predicted costs of various federal regulations, including OSHA standards, and the actual costs (“The Going-Out-of-Business Myth”). It includes an “Ex Ante” and an “Ex Post” column. Very good for a quick look at the industry’s history of exaggeration.
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11/01/1997
Eban Goodstein and Hart Hodges. The American Prospect. November 1, 1997.
This impressively comprehensive report, "Behind the Numbers: Polluted Data," exposes the over-exaggerated price estimates of academics, business groups, and even regulatory agencies themselves.
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