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Cost-benefit analysis / edited by Richard Layard and Stephen Glaister.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 497 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0521461286 (hardback)
  • 0521466741 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD47.4 .C668
Contents:
1. Shadow prices and markets: Policy reform, shadow prices and market prices / J. Dreze and N. Stern -- 2. Shadow prices and markets: Feasibility constraints: foreign exchange and shadow wages / A.K. Sen -- 3. Discount rates: The rate of discount for benefit-cost analysis and the theory of the second best / J.E. Stiglitz -- 4. Risk and uncertainty: Uncertainty and the evaluation of public investment decisions / K.J. Arrow and R.C. Lind -- 5. Income distribution: Allowing for income distribution / R. Layard and A.A. Walters -- 6. The costs and benefits of analysis: Project appraisal and planning twenty years on / I.M.D. Little and J.A. Mirrlees -- 7. Time savings: Research into the value of time / The MVA Consultancy et al -- 8. Safety and the saving of life: The theory of equalizing differences / S. Rosen -- 9. Safety and the saving of life: The economics of safety and physical risk / M.W. Jones-Lee.
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Includes index.

1. Shadow prices and markets: Policy reform, shadow prices and market prices / J. Dreze and N. Stern --
2. Shadow prices and markets: Feasibility constraints: foreign exchange and shadow wages / A.K. Sen --
3. Discount rates: The rate of discount for benefit-cost analysis and the theory of the second best / J.E. Stiglitz --
4. Risk and uncertainty: Uncertainty and the evaluation of public investment decisions / K.J. Arrow and R.C. Lind --
5. Income distribution: Allowing for income distribution / R. Layard and A.A. Walters --
6. The costs and benefits of analysis: Project appraisal and planning twenty years on / I.M.D. Little and J.A. Mirrlees --
7. Time savings: Research into the value of time / The MVA Consultancy et al --
8. Safety and the saving of life: The theory of equalizing differences / S. Rosen --
9. Safety and the saving of life: The economics of safety and physical risk / M.W. Jones-Lee.

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