A Study of the Birth and Death of a Regulatory Agenda: The Case of the EPA Noise Program.

Broder, Ivy E.

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ERIC Number: EJ378280

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Publication Date: 1988

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A Study of the Birth and Death of a Regulatory Agenda: The Case of the EPA Noise Program.

Broder, Ivy E.

Evaluation Review, v12 n3 p291-309 Jun 1988

The Reagan administration's successful effort to disband the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, which focused on transportation equipment, at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is discussed. It is demonstrated that a cost-benefit analysis and politics combined to help the administration's attempt succeed. (TJH)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Regulation, Noise (Sound), Program Evaluation, Public Agencies, Transportation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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