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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Table of Contents:
  • 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