Economics, Cost-benefit Analysis, and Regulation
Envelope Economics is a consultng company created by Eric Thomson, an international expert in economics, cost-benefit analysis and regulatory affairs. Eric provides a variety of consulting services to both industry and governments.
Learn more about Eric on his About and Past Projects pages.
Eric is available for long and short-term projects.
Deliverables for industry stakeholders include:
- Regulatory impact studies: Measuring the direct impacts of regulation on industry (the costs of implementing regulations and dealing with paperwork).
- Economic impact studies: Quantifying the total impact an industry or business has on the overall economy and the macroeconomic effects of regulations on your sector.
- Advocacy: Advocating for or against regulations that will support industry while meeting the government’s socioeconomic goals, communicated to government in a way that they understand.
Deliverables for governments include:
- Cost-benefit analysis and RIAS: Performing a thoughtful and thorough cost-benefit analysis of a regulation or policy proposal, in line with federal guidance.
- Training and guidance: Providing training courses on measuring administrative burdens, benefits and costs of programs and regulation.
- Stakeholder identification: Identifying key stakeholders and their motivations.
- Regulatory policy advice: Making recommendations on how to establish a public governance structure to support good regulation and decision making.
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For larger or more extensive regulation projects, Eric is paired with RIAS Inc. – a consortium of Canadian experts with decades of experience in developing and evaluating regulation.
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