This paper discusses in its first part usefulness and critical aspects of the transfer method. The second part deals with the validity issue of transferring point estimates of environmental benefits or complete benefit functions from one site to another according to the method of valuation used...

This article revisits the research in "The Move Toward a Cashless Society: A Closer Look at Payment Instrument Economics" in order to clarify assumptions underlying the theoretical model and how they impact the included cost and benefit categories; evaluate the estimates' plausibility by...

We address Allan Shampine's critiques of our study on the costs and benefits of payment instruments, and review the current state of the literature. We argue that a consensus seems to be emerging in which: (a) different payment instruments appear to be socially efficient at different transaction...

Objective: To measure the economic value of a new insulin formulation consisting of rapid-acting insulin lispro and intermediate-acting neutral protamine lispro in a 25 : 75 ratio (Humalog(R) Mix 25(TM)). Design and Setting: A cost-benefit analysis using a consumer-based willingness-to-pay (WTP)...

The available literature on cost benefit, cost effectiveness and cost utility of different drug and non-drug regimens in preventing hip fractures was reviewed. The cost of a hip fracture and of the different treatment regimens varied considerably from one country to another. In primary...

For practical reasons, in order to carry out economic evaluations of collective decisions, total costs will generally be compared with total benefits; hence, individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) or quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) have to be estimated at an aggregate level. So far,...

Social care at home for elderly people is now growing rapidly in France. A new question is, What are better forms of care for the different partners concerned? The research presented here, and made for the Comity of Lille Employment Area with cooperation of the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance...

The paper presents an economic evaluation of the scrapping subsidies, often planned in Italy during the past few years, which represent, as the legislator clearly pointed out, a tool directed to reduce air pollution, according to the EU's politics of environmental conservation. Obviously, in a...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is an economically valued food and cash crop in of Nigeria. In 2001 and 2002 cropping seasons, field experiments were conducted in a split-pot using randomized complete block design to determine the efficacy of Metalaxyl fungicide and it cost-benefit on...

Due to higher oil prices, abundance of labor and suitable land and its stable political climate, Tanzania attracted many investments in Jatropha. Although several studies on Jatropha's economic potential are available, its true economics are still uncertain. This paper aims to add to the growing...