The paper concerns the setting of the shadow-prices for the costs and benefits of the regional development projects; the analysis is prepared on the output as well as on the impact level (long-run effects on the stakeholders). The article focuses on the most typical item connected with the...

Currently, we are in the process of experimenting a diversification and refinement of the consumerâ€(tm)s expectations, as well as a growing demand for innovative, quality products and customized services, exacerbated by rapid technological change affecting both them and the producers. It is...

The main objective of this study is to conduct pre-feasibility study of a proposed fertilizer manufacturing plant in Argentina and analyzing both the economic and financial aspects of project. The results of this study reveal that the project appears to be marginal in economic as well as in...

This paper discusses some problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures. The first of these problems is how best to define the baseline option, i.e. what will happen if no new safety measures are introduced. The second problem concerns choice of a method for selection of...

The problem of estimating the discount rate level is a crucial issue in investment project appraisal procedure. The discount rate is strongly determined by the type of investment that sets the scope of decision criteria. The need to apply financial efficiency, economic efficiency or justice...

Since the start of the European Union Structural Funding Programs 2007-2013, especially those focused on financing investments proposed by private companies, a big change seems to be taken place. Large numbers of companies have applied for grants within these programs and especially for funding...

The Alegria Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Brazil. It is owned by the Companhia Estadual de Aguas e Esgotos, the state agency that manages and treats most of the sewage water in Rio. Sewage at the WWTP is treated through several different...

In Queensland, Australia, there is presently a high level of interest in long-rotation hardwood plantation investments for sawlog production, despite the consensus in Australian literature that such investments are not financially viable. Continuing genetics, silviculture and processing...

The emergence and development of new technologies, in which information and knowledge play a crucial role, the transition from industrial economy to modern society and then to postmodern society have led to compression of time and space and to the intensification of economic, social and politic...

The IFIs analyze methodology of investment projects based on dynamic methods of assessment and financial analysis in which the predominant component is to update the flow of revenues and expenses. IFIs have adopted the method of analysis based on internal rate of return (financial and economic),...