The Chinese economy is facing the impact of soaring energy prices, including the prices of coal, electricity and oil. The impacts of energy price fluctuations on general prices have a significant delayed effect. A novel price-temporal input-output (I-O) method is proposed to measure these...

The paper presents one of the most usual costs and benefits evaluation methods and its evolution. The method, used in Cost Benefit Analysis of important investment projects, converts the market prices in shadow prices with the purpose to reflect the full opportunity cost, including positive and...