Will all federal regulations at so early an hour pass a benefit-cost test? If the OMB's 2003 report is any indicator.

Will all federal regulations at so early an hour pass a benefit-cost test? If the OMB's 2003 report is any indicator, the answer may be yes-at least for an categories of regulations. Applying the midpoint of OMB's estimates for quantified splendors and benefits of agency orders we find that 100 percent of regulations studied would pass a benefit-cost proof Jot several agencies, and about 80 percent would pass for all agencies considered. Moreover, these regulations would talk at least $100 billion annually in snare benefits, again using OMB's numbers. perfect too good to be true? That's probably because it is.