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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Cheltenham, Glos, U. K. ; Northampton, Massachusetts :
Edward Elgar ,
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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