Books
In the 1960s the Grand Canyon was saved from development by a deeply mistaken cost-benefit analysis. (Photo by Frank Ackerman)
Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
Frank Ackerman. Island Press (2009).
Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling. The New Press (2004).
Book Chapters
“Does Environmental Policy Affect Trade? The Case of EU Chemicals Policy”
in Kevin Gallagher, editor, Handbook on Trade and the Environment. Edward Elgar (2009).
“Wrong in Retrospect: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Past Successes”
in Jon D. Erickson and John M. Gowdy, editors, Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Appplication. Edward Elgar (2007).
Published Articles
Would Banning Atrazine Benefit Farmers?
Frank Ackerman, Melissa Whited, and Patrick Knight. International Journal of Occupational & Environmental Health (2014).
The $1.75 Trillion Lie
Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman. Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law (2012).
Implications of REACH for Developing Countries
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Brian Roach and Anne-Sofie Andersson. European Environment (2008).
Mad cows and computer models: The US response to BSE
Frank Ackerman and Wendy A. Johnecheck. New Solutions (2008).
Law and Economics for a Warming World
Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman. Harvard Law and Policy Review (2007).
Wasting Away in Paretoville: A Reply to Cass Sunstein
Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman. Harvard Law and Policy Review (2007).
The Economics of Atrazine
Frank Ackerman. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (2007).
European Chemical Policy and the United States: The Impacts of REACH
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton and Rachel Massey. Working paper, Global Development and Environment Institute (2006); published in Renewable Resource Journal (2007).
The Unbearable Lightness of Regulatory Costs
Frank Ackerman. Fordham Urban Law Journal (2006).
Economics vs Precaution: Responding to the Critique
Frank Ackerman. Epidemiologia & Prevenzione [in Italian] (2006).
Applying Cost-Benefit to Past Decisions: Was Environmental Protection Ever a Good Idea?
Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel Massey. Administrative Law Review (2005).
Pricing the Priceless: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protection
Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman. University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2002).
The Humbugs of the Anti-Regulatory Movement
Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman. Cornell Law Review (2002).
Other publications
Employment Effects of Coal Ash Regulation
Frank Ackerman. Stockholm Environment Institute (2011).
Regulation of Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities
Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton Stockholm Environment Institute (2011).
Testimony on EPA’s ‘Coal Combustion Residuals: Proposed Rule’
Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton Stockholm Environment Institute (2011).
Daydreams of Disaster: An Evaluation of the Varshney-Tootelian Critiques of AB 32 and Other Regulations
Frank Ackerman. Report to the California Attorney General (2009).
Critique of Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Alternative Approaches to Decision-Making
Frank Ackerman. Report to Friends of the Earth (2008).
Generated User Benefits and the Heathrow Expansion: Understanding Consumer Surplus
Elizabeth A. Stanton and Frank Ackerman. Report to Friends of the Earth (2008).
The Implications of REACH for the Developing Countries
Frank Ackerman et al. Report to the European Parliament (2006). Download in french.
French Industry and Sustainable Chemistry: The Benefits of Clean Development
Frank Ackerman and Rachel Massey. Report to Greenpeace France (2005). Download in French.
The true costs of REACH
Frank Ackerman and Rachel Massey. Report to the Nordic Council of Ministers (2004).
Costs of Preventable Childhood Illness: The Price We Pay for Pollution
Rachel Massey and Frank Ackerman. Global Development and Environment Institute (2003).
The Economics of Phasing Out PVC
Frank Ackerman and Rachel Massey. Global Development and Environment Institute (2003).
Prospering With Precaution
Frank Ackerman and Rachel Massey. Global Development and Environment Institute (2002).
The $6.1 Million Question
Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling. Global Development and Environment Institute (2002).
If It Exists, It’s Getting Bigger: Revising the Value of a Statistical Life
Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling. Global Development and Environment Institute (2001).
High-Risk Economics: Gambling on Cost-Benefit Analysis for Arsenic Standards
Frank Ackerman. Global Development and Environment Institute (2000).