Introduction to cost-benefit analysis : looking for reasonable shortcuts

Ginés de Rus (Professor of Applied Economics, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, University Carlos III de Madrid and research affiliate, FEDEA, Spain)

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

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Rus, Ginés de
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse \| Cost-benefit analysis \| Theorie \| Theory

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (264 pages) illustrations
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index Contents: Foreword / by C.A. Nash -- Preface -- 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 (i) -- 8. Discounting and decision criteria (ii) -- 9. Uncertainty and risk analysis -- 10. Applications -- 11. Microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis -- References -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-84980-454-7 ; 978-1-84844-852-0 ; 978-1-84980-460-8
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781849804547 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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