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

ORCID 0000-0001-7686-0750 

Publications
* Peer Reviewed

  1. Belzer, Richard. 2023. ​"Net-zero 2050: The most expensive federal program ever." Washington Examiner, May 10. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/net-zero-by-2050-the-most-expensive-federal-program-ever.
  2. Belzer, Richard B. 2020. “Comments on the Benefits Assessment Supporting USEPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 84 Fed. Reg. 61684, February 11. (PDF)
  3. Belzer, Richard B. 2020. "Achieving Economically Feasible Drinking Water Regulation,” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 11:294-318) (Main Analysis, Supplementary Analysis).*
  4. Belzer, Richard B. and R. Jeffrey Lewis. 2019. “The Practical Significance of Measurement Error in Pulmonary Function Testing Conducted in Research Settings,” Risk Analysis, 39:10 (2316-2328).*
  5. Belzer, Richard B. 2018. "Public Interest Comment on The Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Proposed Rule: Egg Products Inspection Regulations,” George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, June 12. 
  6. Belzer, Richard B. 2018. “Draft Strawman Regulatory Impact Analysis for Repeal of Emission Requirements for Glider Vehicles, Glider Engines, and Glider Kits (RIN 2060–AT79)”, May 15.
  7. Belzer, Richard B. 2018. “Expected Savings to Medicaid from Substituting Electronic for Tobacco Cigarettes: Savings in First Ten Years After Switching.” R Street Institute. Policy Study No. 124 (Addendum). March.
  8. Dudley, Susan E., Richard B. Belzer, Glenn C. Blomquist, Thomas Brennan, Christopher Carrigan, Joseph Cordes, Louis Anthony Cox, Arthur G. Fraas, John D. Graham, George M. Gray, James K. Hammitt, Kerry Krutilla, Peter Linquitti, Randall Lutter, Brian Mannix, Stuart Shapiro, Anne E. Smith, W. Kip Viscusi, and Richard O. Zerbe. 2017. “Consumer’s Guide to Regulatory Impact Analysis: Ten Tips for Being an Informed Policymaker” ​Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 8:2 (187-204).*
  9. Belzer, Richard B. 2017. “Expected Savings to Medicaid from Substituting Electronic for Tobacco Cigarettes.” R Street Institute. Policy Study No. 124. December.
  10. Belzer, Richard B. 2015: "The Costs and Benefits of Subjecting Juveniles to Sex-Offender Registration and Notification,” Policy Study No. 41, R Street Institute, Washington, DC. December.
  11. Belzer, Richard B. 2012: "Risk Assessment, Safety Assessment, and the Estimation of Regulatory Benefits,” Research Papers. Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA. October.*
  12. Belzer, Richard B. 2012: "The Report on Carcinogens: What Went Wrong and What Can Be Done to Fix It," CEI Issue Analysis, 2012:1, Competitive Enterprise Institute. January.
  13. Belzer, Richard B. 2009. “Principles for an Effective Regulatory Impact Analysis Challenge Function,” PRI Horizons 10:3, 31-39.*
  14. Belzer, Richard B., James S. Bus, Ercole L. Cavalieri, Steven C. Lewis, D. Warner North, and Richard C. Pleus. 2008. “The Naphthalene State of the Science Symposium: Objectives, Organization Structure, and Charge,” Regulatory Toxicology & Pharmacology 51:2(1), 1-5.* (PDF)
  15. Belzer, Richard B., ed. 2008. “Supplement: The Naphthalene State of the Science Symposium,” Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 52:2(1), 1-50.*
  16. Cavalieri, Ercole L., William O. Berndt, Richard C. Pleus, Richard B. Belzer, and David R. Mattie. 2005. "Report of the Planning Committee for the Perchlorate State of the Science Symposium," Report for the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary.
  17. Belzer, Richard B., Gretchen B. Bruce, Michael K. Peterson, and Richard C. Pleus. 2004. “Using Comparative Exposure Analyses to Validate Low-Dose Human Health Risk Assessment: The Case of Perchlorate.” In Linkov I and Ramadan AB, eds. Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making, Kluwer, 57-74.*
  18. Belzer, Richard B. 2002.“Exposure Assessment at a Crossroads: The Risk of Success.” Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 12, 96–103.*
  19. Belzer, Richard B. 2002. “Discounting Across Generations: Necessary, not Suspect,” Risk Analysis, 20:6, 779-792.*
  20. Belzer, Richard B, Peter deFur, and David Clarke. 2001. “Selecting, Implementing, and Tracking Ecological Risk Management Decisions: Necessary Elements of an Effective Decisionmaking Framework,” Chapter 5 in Risk Management: Ecological Risk-Based Decision-Making, Stahl, Ralph G., et al., eds. Pensacola, Fla: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 57-74.*
  21. Belzer, Richard B. 2001. “Using Economic Principles for Ecological Risk Management,” Chapter 6 in Risk Management: Ecological Risk-Based Decision-Making, Stahl RG et al., eds. Pensacola, Fl.: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (75-90).*
  22. Belzer, Richard B. 2001. “Getting Beyond ‘Grin and Bear It’ in the Practice of Risk Management,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 72:2, 137-148.*
  23. Lutter, Randall L and Richard B. Belzer. 2000. “EPA Pats Itself on the Back,” Regulation 23:3 (23-28).*
  24. Belzer, Richard B. 2000. “HACCP Principles for Regulatory Analysis” in The Economics of HACCP: Costs and Benefits, Uhnevehr LJ, ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Eagan Press.*
  25. Belzer, Richard B, 2000. “OMB Report on Regulation Flunks CSAB Test: Comments on the OMB's ‘Draft [Third] Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation’” Policy Brief 203, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  26. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. “Independent Regulatory Oversight: A New Path to Regulatory Reform,” CSAB Forum 3, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  27. Belzer Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  28. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. " CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix A: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance: Unfunded Mandates Control Act," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  29. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. " CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix B: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Evaluative Criteria for Compliance: Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as Amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement, Fairness and Compliance Act of 1996]," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  30. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix B: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as Amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement, Fairness and Compliance Act of 1996]," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  31. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix C: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Executive Order 12866]," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  32. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix D: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [OMB Guidance on Economic Analysis Under Executive Order 12866]," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  33. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix E: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Executive Order 12875, 'Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership']," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  34. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. "CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix F: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Executive Order 12898, 'Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations']," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  35. Belzer, Richard B. 1999. " CSAB Project on Regulatory Oversight: Study Protocol 1, Appendix G: Evaluative Criteria for Compliance [Executive Order 13045, 'Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks']," Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis.
  36. Belzer, Richard B. 1998. “Star Trek Economics: Discounting with Anomalies in the Time-Space Continuum,” in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM 4): Volume 4, Mosleh A, Bari RA, eds., London: Springer-Verlag, 2359-2364.*
  37. Belzer, Richard B. 1998. “Staking Out Risk Management,” in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM 4): Volume 3, Mosleh A, Bari RA, eds., London: Springer-Verlag, 1985-1990.*
  38. ​Belzer, Richard B. 1995. "Superfund’s Insatiability," Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 11:4. Book Review of Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups by Katherine N. Probst, Don Fullerton, Robert E. Litan and Paul R. Portney.
  39. Belzer, Richard B and Richard P. Theroux. 1995. "Criteria for Evaluating Results Obtained from Contingent Valuation Methods," in Valuing Food Safety and Nutrition, Julie Caswell, ed. (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press).*
  40. Belzer, Richard B. 1995. “The Common Sense Imperative of Benefit-Cost Analysis: An Old Idea with Compelling Public Interest Credentials,” Risk Policy Report, October 20. (PDF)
  41. Belzer, Richard B. 1994. "Is Reducing Risk the Real Objective of Risk Management?" in Worst Things First?, Finkel AM, Golding D, eds. Baltimore MD: Johns-Hopkins Press.
  42. Belzer, Richard B. 1994. "Risk Assessment and Benefit-Cost Analysis in U.S. Risk Management Decision Making," in Risk Management 1992: An International Conference, London: UK Health and Safety Executive.
  43. Belzer, Richard B. 1993. "Regulating Risk: An OMB Perspective," in Regulating Risk: The Science and Politics of Risk, Washington, DC: National Safety Council.
  44. Belzer, Richard B. 1992. “The Use of Risk Assessment and Benefit-Cost Analysis in U.S. Risk-Management Decision Making,” Risk Assessment International Conference 1992. UK Health and Safety Executive, 421-442.
  45. Belzer, Richard B. 1991. "The Peril and Promise of Risk Assessment,” Regulation 14:4, 40-49.
  46. Office of Management and Budget. “Regulating Risk: The Cost-Effectiveness of Federal Efforts to Reduce Health and Safety Risks,” Regulatory Program of the United States Government: April 1, 1991-- March 31, 1992. Washington, DC: Office of Management and Budget, 8-16. (PDF)
  47. Office of Management and Budget. 1990. "Current Regulatory Issues in Risk Assessment and Risk Management," Regulatory Program of the United States Government: April 1, 1990—March 31, 1991. (PDF)
  48. Office of Management and Budget. 1990. "Regulatory Impact Analysis Guidance,” Regulatory Program of the United States Government: April 1, 1990—March 31, 1991: Appendix V. (PDF)
  49. Belzer, Richard B. 1989. Economic Incentives for Hazardous Waste Management: Deposit-Refund Systems and Used Lubricating Oil, Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University.* [ProQuest Mircrofilm]
  50. Belzer, Riichard B. and Albert L. Nichols 1988. Economic Incentives to Encourage Hazardous Waste Minimization and Safe Disposal, Energy and Environmental Policy Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government. EPA Cooperative Agreement No. CR813491-01-2.
  51. Schwartz, Seymour; David Hanson, Richard Green, and Richard Belzer. 1979. The Effect of Growth Management on Housing Prices: Petaluma, California. Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis CA.