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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

His research focuses on the economics of climate change, growth and sustainability, cost-benefit analysis, and ambiguity and robust control.

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Register for the SBCA 2025 European Conference at buff.ly/3gTxH3w

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

He has published more than 150 papers in leading journals, including the American Economic Review, Science, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and PNAS, and is the author or editor of more than ten books.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Environment and Development Economics, Co-Editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and for Environmental and Resource Economics and is currently an Editor for Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

He is a past President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), and former Chair of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

He is an International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Bank of Greece coordinating committee for the study of climate change impacts in Greece.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

Professor Xepapadeas is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) and Professor Emeritus at the Athens University of Economics and Business, where he also served as Dean of the School of Economic Sciences.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 14h

Meet our first keynote speaker: Anastasios Xepapadeas

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 2d

The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) will host the conference through its Research Laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES).

For more information, please visit the official Conference webpage (buff.ly/2JVRLmR).

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 2d

We are excited about hosting the 2025 European Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCAEC2025), scheduled for November 27-28, 2025, in Athens, Greece.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 2d

Register Today for the SBCA 2025 European Conference!

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) is an international group of practitioners, academics, and others who are working to improve the theory and application of the tools of benefit-cost analysis (BCA).

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 5d

For more details, including guidelines and session formats, visit our Call for Abstracts page (buff.ly/cIbConM).

We look forward to your contribution at the SBCA 2026 Annual Conference!

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 5d

Less Than Two Weeks Left! Submit Your Abstract for SBCA 2026 Annual Conference by October 15

Conference Dates: March 12–13, 2026

Location: George Washington University Student Center, Washington, D.C.

Get Started: Submit Your Abstract Now At buff.ly/0UOfDdw

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 7d

Sharing some more presentations at hashtag#2025APPAM that are BCA-related:

Thursday, November 13, 10:15 to 11:45am

A Cat-and-Mouse Game at Sea: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the EU ETS on Maritime Shipping

Hao He and Haoqi Qian, Fudan University

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 9d

Join this free, online panel moderated by Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division in the OECD - OCDE Environment Directorate.

Oct 1 | Online | 9-10am ET | Free

Register at buff.ly/nD3RAmj

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 11d

Apologies, here are the two links again:

Submit your abstract: sbca.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Call for abstracts: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/annual-confe...

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 11d

Highlighting some more BCA-related presentations at hashtag#2025APPAM:

Broadening Family Education and Income Policy through a Long-Term Research-Practice Partnership in Two-Generation Approaches

Teresa Eckrich Sommer

Thursday, November 13, 3:30 to 5:00pm

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 11d

Check out the panel, Environmental Policies at Different Scales, With Overlaps and Confounds: Analytic Solutions?, for BCA-related topics!

Saturday, November 15, 1:45 to 3:15pm

William Scott Tatyana Ruseva Binish Rijal

hashtag#2025APPAM

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 12d

The Role of Merit-Based Aid in College Enrollment and Selection: Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship
Bogyung Kim, Georgia State University
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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 12d

Does State Merit Aid Increase Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program
Paige Clayton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ross Rubenstein, Georgia State University
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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 12d

Sharing some more presentations at #2025APPAM that are BCA-related:

Saturday, November 15, 1:45 to 3:15pm

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 19d

Check out Dan Acland's work on new methodologies for distributional weighting in benefit-cost analysis!

Friday, November 14, 1:45 to 3:15pm

hashtag#2025APPAM

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 21d

Participants will walk away with practical insights and tools to address a growing need in evidence-based policy design.

View workshop details: buff.ly/esDcZHn

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 21d

- Case studies applying these tools across various policy areas.

This workshop is designed for policy analysts, researchers, government officials, and others working at the intersection of economics, ethics, and animal welfare.

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 21d

Workshop highlights include:
- Theoretical foundations for valuing animal welfare in economic analyses;
- Novel methodologies for quantifying animal welfare impacts;
- Ethical considerations in weighing animal welfare against other societal outcomes; and

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 21d

Monica Saavoss, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Jonathan McFadden, USDA Economic Research Service
Bob Fischer, Texas State University
Romain Espinosa, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

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