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1. INTRODUCTION
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The studies included in this report, corresponding to the reports included in the two databases surveyed (see Preface), range from exploratory exercises in developing and improving methods of economic analysis as it pertains to economic issues to studies that focus on a specific regulatory action or an economic question posed by Congress, such as what are the costs of a particular environmental program.
This introduction includes discussions of:
- economic analysis at EPA in general,
- regulatory impact analysis,
- statutory requirements for economic analysis by EPA,
- EPA research on environmental economics, and
- organization of the remainder of this report by subject.