Introduction to cost-benefit analysis : looking for reasonable shortcuts

This accessible and non-technical introductory text presents the principal methods and key concepts involved in understanding and applying cost-benefit analysis, and demonstrating how to evaluate whether an investment project or policy proposal will contribute to increase social welfare. Gines de Ru...

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Main Author: Rus, Gines de (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, Glos, U. K. ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar , c2010
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260 |a Cheltenham, Glos, U. K. ;   |a Northampton, Massachusetts :   |b Edward Elgar ,   |c c2010 
300 |a x, 249 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The economic evaluation of social benefits -- 3. The economic evaluation of indirect effects -- 4. Opportunity costs, market and shadow prices -- 5. Economic valuation of non-marketed goods ( I ) -- 6. Economic valuation of non-marketed goods ( II ) -- 7. Discounting and decision criteria -- 8. Discounting and decision criteria -- 9. Uncertainty and risk analysis -- 10. Applications --11. Microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis 
520 |a This accessible and non-technical introductory text presents the principal methods and key concepts involved in understanding and applying cost-benefit analysis, and demonstrating how to evaluate whether an investment project or policy proposal will contribute to increase social welfare. Gines de Rus incorporates the latest thinking on issues such as the treatment of risk and uncertainty, and the importance of institutional arrangements in ensuring the correct use of the technique 
650 0 |a Cost effectiveness 
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