Richard B. Belzer
  • Home
  • About
  • Consulting Services
  • Blog
  • Testimony
  • Information Quality
  • Presentations
  • Publications
  • Public Comments
  • Public Comments (Draft)
  • Working Papers
  • Neutral Source
  • Regulatory Checkbook
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Contact
  • Wine Economics
  • Data Repository

Strategy and analysis consulting
in regulation, risk, economics, and information quality

Presentations

[This list is incomplete for older years.
Copies are provided for each presentation I can locate.]


2019

A Method for Estimating the Benefits of Avoiding Toxicological Endpoints on the Pathway to Cancer that Non-experts Do Not Understand
​

Society for Risk Analysis, Annual Meeting

​Arlington VA
December 9, 2019
Achieving Economic Feasibility in
Drinking Water Regulation
Southern Economic Association, 89th Annual Meeting
November 23, 2019

2018

“Economic Feasibility” Under the Safe Drinking Water Act: Achieving Efficiency, Equity and Equal Protection

Society for Risk Analysis, Annual Meeting

​New Orleans LA
December 5, 2018
Redefining ‘Economic Feasibility’ Using Economics: A Reform Proposal that Would Improve both Efficiency and Equity

SLIDES
CONFERENCE PAPER

Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 10th Annual Conference & Meeting  

Washington DC
March 16, 2018
2017
Information Quality and the Endangerment Finding
America First Energy Conference
Heartland Institute
​


Houston, TX
November 9, 2017
U.S. Policy in Support of Information Quality
Executive Education Program for the Shanghai Municipal Government: Data Economy & Financial Innovation

George Washington University Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
November 1, 2017
Top 10 Impacts of Wine Listicles on Market Prices
​
SLIDES
NOTES
​
The Benefits, Costs, and Environmental Justice Impacts of a Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium

SLIDES
NOTES
American Association of Wine Economists,
11th Annual Conference

​Padua, IT
​
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2017 Biennial Conference

Ann Arbor, MI
June 30, 2017
​




​
June 22, 2017

​Estimated Savings to Medicaid Obtained by Substituting Electronic for Tobacco-Based Cigarettes​
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 9th Annual Conference & Meeting

​Washington, DC
March 17, 2017
Risks and Benefits of Reducing Ozone Exposure After Re-evaluating a Recent Chamber Study
​(with R. Jeffrey Lewis)
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 9th Annual Conference & Meeting
​

​Washington, DC
March 16, 2017

2016


Are Measured Differences in Pulmonary Function “Different”?
(with R. Jeffrey Lewis)
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference

​San Diego, CA
December 12, 2016
The Effect on Benefit
Estimates of Discarding Data

​(with R. Jeffrey Lewis)

Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 8th Annual Conference

Washington, DC ​
March 17, 2016

2015

Discarding Data Overstates Risk Estimates from Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
​

​Arlington, VA
December 7, 2015
Implications for Benefit Estimation of Uncontrolled Variance in Spirometric Studies of Air Pollution 
(with R. Jeffrey Lewis and Ammie M. Bachman)
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 7th Annual Conference

​Washington, DC
March 18, 2015

An Objective and BCA-Compliant Definition of 'Adverse Effect’
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 7th Annual Conference
​
​Washington, DC
March 18, 2015

2014


Benefit-Cost Analysis of California’s Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference

​Denver, CO
December 9, 2014

A Real-World Refutation of a Precautionary Cancer Risk Assessment: Cal OEHHA’s Oral Hexavalent Chromium Risk Assessment
Society for Risk Analysis, 6th
Annual Conference

​Denver, CO
December 9, 2014

Leveraging Consumer Ignorance and Information Search Costs to Maximize Profits in US Wine 'Flash Sales': A Follow-up
American Association of Wine Economists
Annual Conference

​Walla Walla, WA
June 23, 2015

Cost-Benefit Analysis of California’s Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard: Some Practical Lessons for Public Water Systems

American Water Works Association California-Nevada Section
Spring Conference

Anaheim, CA
March 26, 2014
Benefit-Cost Analysis of California’s Proposed Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 6th Annual Conference
​

​Washington, DC
March 14, 2014

2013

How Many Substances Are Illegally Listed in the Biennial Report on Carcinogens?
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference

​Baltimore, MD
December 10, 2013


How to Use the Paperwork Reduction Act to Stop IRS and
Other Agency Abuses
Exempt Organizations Tax Lawyers First Tuesday Lunch
July 9, 2013

2012


Regulatory Costs: Probably Much Higher than People Think
Regulatory Improvement Group

Washington, DC
November 29, 2012

The Linear No Threshold (LNT) Model: Time for Evidence-Based Cancer Risk Assessment?
An Economics Digression
National Mining Association

​Washington, DC
October 17, 2012

Information
Quality
Federal Regulatory Policy, Process, and Analysis Executive Course on Regulation, George Washington University

Washngton, DC
October 3, 2012

California Communities
Environmental

Health Screening
Tool
(CalEnviroScreen)
California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Human Health Hazard Assessment, Academic Workshop

Sacramento, CA
September 7, 2012

_‘Politicization’ and ‘Scientization’ in Human Health Risk Assessment
Judicial Symposium on Scientific Evidence in the Courts
George Mason University School of Law, Law and Economics Center

​Fairfax, VA
April 24, 2012

The Report on Carcinogens:
What Went Wrong and What Can Be Done to Fix It 
VERSION 1:
Environment Round Table
Small Business Administration
​Office of Advocacy

​Washington, DC

​VERSION 2
:
Chemical Policy and Regulation
Capitol Hill Panel Discussion 

​Washington, DC
March 16, 2012







​April 30, 2012

2011


Finally, a Scientific Definition of Adverse Effect
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference

​Charleston, SC
December 7, 2011
Alternative Ways to Organize an Effective Congressional Regulatory Review and Analysis Function  
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
Annual Conference

​Washington, DC
October 16, 2011
30 Years as an Obscure, Unaccountable Monopoly Is Enough: It’s Time for OIRA to Face Competition in Regulatory Review
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
Annual Conference

Washington, DC
October 16, 2011
Leveraging Consumer Ignorance and Information Search Costs to Increase Profits in US Wine ‘Flash Sales’
American Association of Wine Economists
Annual Conference

Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
June 24 2011
Finding Clusters of Environmental Disease Under S. 76
Slides
Testimony
oral) (written)
 
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
​
Washington, DC
March 29, 2011

2010


Risk Assessment and Information Quality: An Empirical Study of Federal Agency Performance, 2010 Update
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
​

Salt Lake City, UT
December 6, 2010

An Empirical Analysis of EPA Compliance with the Information Quality Act    
The EPA's Ambitious Regulatory Agenda
American Enterprise Institute
​
Washington, DC
November 8, 2010

A Value-of-information Approach to Risk-Benefit Analyses
Integrating New Advances in Exposure Science and Toxicity Testing: Next Steps
ICCA-LRI & JRC Workshop
​
Stresa, Italy
June 16, 2010

How the Precautionary Principle Destroys Science
Association of Private Enterprise Education
Annual Conference

Las Vegas, NV
April 12, 2010

Understanding OMB
Chemical Producers & Distributors Association
Spring Meeting
​
Washington, DC
March 1, 2010

2009


Workshop on Scientific Methods for Evaluating Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Data and Estimating Dose-Response
Society For Risk Analysis
Continuing Education Workshop
​
Baltimore, MD
December 6, 2009

A Practical Guide for the Intensity of Effort in Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis (with Richard A. Williams. Jr.)
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
Annual Conference

​Washington, DC
October 21, 2009

Regulatory Outlook, 2009: Revolution or Nudge?
National Wooden Pallet Container Association
Annual Leadership Conference
Marco Island, FL
February 23, 2009

2008


Risk Assessment and Information Quality: An Empirical Study of Federal Agency Performance
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Boston, MA
December 8, 2008

Agency Capabilities and Performance in Applying BCA: Another Modest Proposal for Reform
Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
Annual Conference
Washington, DC
June 25, 2008

Information Quality, Risk Assessment, and Heresy
Society for Risk Analysis
Second World Congress on Risk
Guadalajara, Mexico
June 10, 2008

DHS Safe Harbor Rule : Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
VERSION 1
Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy
Washington, DC
VERSION 2
Congressional Staff Briefing
Washington, DC
April 17, 2008



June 3, 2008

2007


Naphthalene State of the Science Symposium: A Progress Report
Naphthalene State of the Science Symposium
Program Committee
March 2, 2007

2006


The Economics of Adverse Effects

Case Study
Adverse Effects of Perchlorate
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland
Adverse Effects
Continuing Education Course
December 5, 2006

The Role of Science in Rulemaking: Federal Agency Capacity
The Role of Science in
Rulemaking

American University
Center for the
Study of Rulemaking
Washington, DC
May 9, 2006

2005


Picking Up the Pieces after the OMB Peer Review Bulletin
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida   
December 5, 2006

Regulatory Risk Assessment
May 12, 2005

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Regulatory Rationality: Perchlorate After the NRC Review
April 8, 2005

2004


Implications of Relying on Weak Epidemiological Associations
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Palm Springs, California
December 6, 2004

Cost-Effectiveness of Perchlorate Drinking Water Treatment in California
Water Quality Conference
East Valley Water District
Ontario, CA
October 28, 2004

Exposure to Perchlorate and Dietary Nitrate and Thiocyanate
Water Quality Conference
East Valley Water District
Ontario, CA
October 27, 2004

Federal Regulatory Outlook, 2005
September 9, 2004

What Will It Take for OMB's Peer Review Bulletin to Actually Work?
Environment Roundtable
Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy
April 3, 2005

2003


How EPA’s Perchlorate Risk Assessment May Lead to a Massive Reduction in Allowable Nitrate
June 7, 2003

An Overview of the Toxicology and Pharmacology of Perchlorate
(with RC Pleus)
Briefing for Congressional Staff
Washington, DC
June 5, 2003

2002


Executive Regulatory Review: Disconnects Between Theory and.Practice, and How to Repair Them
​
Association for Public Policy and Management
Annual Meeting

Dallas TX
November 8, 2002
Exposure to Perchlorate and Anti-thyroid Agents in the Diet: A Comparative Analysis
(with RC Pleus, GM Bruce, & MK Peterson)
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision-Making
Rome (Anzio), Italy
October 15, 2002
Interests and Incentives in Government Peer Review

PRE-CONFERENCE PAPER
PRESENTATION


Society for Risk Analysis
Forum on Peer Review
​
Alexandria, VA
May 29, 2002

2001


Making Executive Review Work

PRE-CONFERENCE PAPER
PRESENTATION
Executive Regulatory Review: Surveying the Record, Making It Work
Weidenbaum Center
Washington University in St. Louis
National Press Club
Washington, DC 
December 17, 2001

Executive Regulatory Review: Disconnects Between Theory and Practice, and How to Repair Them
Executive Regulatory Review: Surveying the Record, Making It Work
Weidenbaum Center
Washington University in St. Louis
National Press Club
Washington, DC
December 17, 2000

Risk Policy in the Bush II Administration
Current Controversies in Risk Analysis
Society for Risk Analysis Forum
Arlington, Virginia
June 18, 2001

2000


EPA’s Reports to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act
(with Randall Lutter)
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Arlington, Virginia   
December 5, 2000
Do Federal Regulatory Agencies Use the Best Available Science? Major Federal Rules in 1998-99
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Arlington, Virginia
December 5, 2000
Do Risk Analysts
Make Good Risk Managers?
(and Why Not?)
Society for Risk Analysis
Annual Conference
Arlington, Virginia
December 4, 2000
Expanding Awareness of Federal Regulations Through Independent Oversight
Regulatory Innovation Summit 2000
Washington, DC
August 7, 2000
Efficiency, Market Failure and Social Regulation of Risk: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
National Wooden Pallet and Container Association
June 24, 2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995
Risk Assessment and Regulatory Reform: Implementing the Theories
Resources for the Future
July 26, 1995
Copyright Richard Burton Belzer 1989-2011 unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.