Benefit–Cost Analyses For Security Policies Does Increased Safety Have to Reduce Efficiency?

Benefit–Cost Analyses for Security Policies describes how to undertake the evaluation of security policies within the framework of benefit–cost analysis and offers a unique contribution to analysis of homeland security regulations in the United States. The authors outline how established procedures for benefit–cost analysis must adapt to meet challenges posed by current security policy, through examining specific security related regulations. The logic of risk assessment, selection of a discount rate, valuation of travellers’ time when delayed due to screening, valuation of changes in risks of injury or death, and impacts of terrorist events on the economy as a whole are among the issues discussed. An outline of the research and policy evaluation steps needed to build robust benefit-cost methods to evaluate security related regulations in the future is presented in the book.

Mansfield, C., & Smith, V. K. (Eds.) (2015). Benefit–Cost Analyses For Security Policies: Does Increased Safety Have to Reduce Efficiency? Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.