Should Regulatory Impact Assessment Have a Role in Sweden's Transport Planning?

This paper describes the use of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for transport planning in Sweden and discusses the arguments for and against its use. The paper considers four main aspects: First, the Swedish planning context and existing requirements regarding the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nerhagen, Lena
Other Authors: Forsstedt, Sara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2019
Series:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper describes the use of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for transport planning in Sweden and discusses the arguments for and against its use. The paper considers four main aspects: First, the Swedish planning context and existing requirements regarding the use of RIA. Second, the current focus of research regarding CBA for infrastructure investments in the Swedish transport sector and the need for greater focus on issues concerning regulation. Third, the difficulty to quantify and place monetary values on effects. Fourthly, the paper discusses the need to align incentives at all levels and across agencies
Physical Description:32 p