Benefits and Costs of Light Duty Diesel Particulate Control

This study builds upon the National Academy of Sciences study in the rapidly changing area of diesel particulate cost-benefit analysis and updates it where appropriate based on new data or analysis. It does not generate new information but merely reviews and analyzes existing data. The body of the paper a) explains the basis for estimating the various costs, b) describes a computer model to relate the costs to the benefits, and c) presents the results of the analysis.