Cost-benefit analysis
By: edited by Richard Layard and Stephen Glaister.
Contributors: Layard, P. R. G.; Glaister, Stephen.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Cost effectiveness
Description: "... Covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise. Part I covers the main theoretical issues, including shadow pricing, discount rates, and problems of risk, uncertainty, and income distribution. Part II considers the problem of how to ascribe a monetary value to things like safety and physical risk, time, and environmental damages. The third part covers six separate case studies. Actual examples drawn, amongst others, from transport pricing, the allocation of health care, and water vending in developing countries are described."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.