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A Century of Australian cost-benefit analysis working paper

The Office of Impact Analysis was formerly known as the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR). Please note the following material makes reference to OBPR and to Regulation Impact Statements (RISs), which are no longer in use.

Paper prepared for the conference ‘Delivering better quality regulatory proposals through better cost-benefit analysis’ hosted by the Office of Impact Analysis on 21 November 2007.

The paper presents a summary of lessons to be learnt from both past and present examples of cost-benefit analysis in Australia.

:Publication Author: Dr Leo Dobes