On Balance: JBCA Special Issue on Circular A-4: First Papers Released

We’re excited to announce that the SBCA has been working closely with the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (JBCA) on a special issue featuring comments on the Biden administration's revised Circular A-4. These comments, submitted by former SBCA presidents, will be compiled into a special issue of the JBCA expected next year.

While the special issue is still in progress—due to delays at Cambridge University Press—we are pleased to share these important papers in advance as working papers on the SBCA website. Each article includes both a prologue and epilogue alongside the original comments, reproduced as submitted. Please note that this collection is part of an ongoing JBCA project and will appear in a future issue, though we cannot yet confirm their "forthcoming" status.

Learn more here as we post these papers in the coming weeks, giving our community an early look at this insightful collection!

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