Introduction to cost-benefit analysis
Subtitle: looking for reasonable shortcuts
By: Ginés de Rus
Publisher: Edward Elgar, $c c2010.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, Glos, UK; Northampton, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781848448520
Subjects: Cost effectiveness
Description: This accessible and non-technical introductory text presents the principal methods and key concepts involved in understanding and applying cost-benefit analysis, and demonstrating how to evaluate whether an investment project or policy proposal will contribute to increase social welfare. Gines de Rus incorporates the latest thinking on issues such as the treatment of risk and uncertainty, and the importance of institutional arrangements in ensuring the correct use of the technique.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.