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Cost-benefit analysis : concepts and practice / Anthony E. Boardman ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xv, 560 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0131435833 (casebound : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD47.4 .C669
Contents:
Overview -- Introduction to cost-benefit analysis -- Conceptual foundations of cost-benefit analysis -- Fundamentals of CBA -- Basic microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis -- Valuing benefits and costs in primary markets -- Valuing benefits and costs in secondary markets -- Discounting benefits and costs in future time periods -- Dealing with uncertainty: expected values, sensitivity analysis, and the value of information -- Option price and option value -- Existence value -- The social discount rate -- Valuation of impacts -- Valuing impacts for observed behavior: demonstrations -- Valuing impacts from observed behavior: direct estimation of demand curves -- Valuing impacts from observed behavior: indirect market methods -- Contingent valuation: using surveys to elicit information about costs and benefits -- Shadow prices from secondary sources -- Shadow prices: applications to developing countries -- Related methods and accuracy -- Cost-effectiveness analysis -- Distributionally weighted cost-benefit analysis -- How accurate is CBA?
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Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Overview --
Introduction to cost-benefit analysis --
Conceptual foundations of cost-benefit analysis --
Fundamentals of CBA --
Basic microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis --
Valuing benefits and costs in primary markets --
Valuing benefits and costs in secondary markets --
Discounting benefits and costs in future time periods --
Dealing with uncertainty: expected values, sensitivity analysis, and the value of information --
Option price and option value --
Existence value --
The social discount rate --
Valuation of impacts --
Valuing impacts for observed behavior: demonstrations --
Valuing impacts from observed behavior: direct estimation of demand curves --
Valuing impacts from observed behavior: indirect market methods --
Contingent valuation: using surveys to elicit information about costs and benefits --
Shadow prices from secondary sources --
Shadow prices: applications to developing countries --
Related methods and accuracy --
Cost-effectiveness analysis --
Distributionally weighted cost-benefit analysis --
How accurate is CBA?

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