Title: Applied cost-benefit analysis /
Authors: Brent, Robert J., 1946-
Publisher: E. Elgar Pub.,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Cost effectiveness.
Abstract: This book presents students with a unified statement of the principals of cost-benefit analysis. It emphasizes the usefulness of the theory of CBA as a practical guide to social decision-making that can be applied in practice.
Contents: 1. Introduction to CBA -- 2. Compensation tests -- 3. Consumer surplus -- 4. Shadow prices -- 5. External effects -- 6. Public goods -- 7. Risk and uncertainty -- 8. Measurement of intangibles -- 9. Marginal cost of public funds -- 10. Distribution weights -- 11. Social discount rate -- 12. User prices.