Cost-benefit analysis : concepts and practice /
A practical introduction to cost-benefit analysis through problem solving. This authoritative, market-leading text is known for its consistent application of a nine-step framework for conducting or interpreting a cost-benefit analysis.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Prentice Hall,
[2011], ©2011.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Series: | Pearson series in economics.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Overview
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Part II: Fundamentals of CBA
- Chapter 3. Economics Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Chapter 4. Valuing Benefits and Costs in Primary Markets
- Chapter 5. Valuing Benefits and Costs in Secondary Markets
- Chapter 6. Discounting Benefits and Costs in Future Time Periods
- Chapter 7. Dealing with Uncertainty: Expected Values, Sensitivity Analysis, and the Value of Information
- Chapter 8. Option Price and Option Value
- Chapter 9. Existence Value
- Chapter 10. The Social Discount Rate
- Part III: Valuation of Impacts
- Chapter 11. Predicting and Monetizing Impacts
- Chapter 12. Valuing Impacts From Observed Behavior: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
- Chapter 13. Valuing Impacts from Observed Behavior: Direct Estimation of Demand Curves
- Chapter 14. Valuing Impacts from Observed Behavior: Indirect Market Methods
- Chapter 15. Contingent Valuation: Using Surveys to Elicit Information About Costs and Benefits
- Chapter 16. Shadow Prices from Secondary Sources
- Chapter 17. Shadow Prices: Applications to Developing Countries
- Part IV: Related Methods
- Chapter 18. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Chapter 19. Distributionally Weighted Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Chapter 20. How Accurate is CBA?