Cost-benefit analysis
Subtitle: environmental and ecological perspectives
By: edited by K. Puttaswamaiah
Contributors: Puttaswamaiah, K
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Economic development projects -- Evaluation; Environmental law -- Compliance costs; Ecological assessment (Biology); Environmental protection -- Cost effectiveness
Notes: A special issue of The Indian journal of applied economics (now The International journal of applied economics and econometrics), with 21 refereed papers by international scholars

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Spatial general equilibrium and cost-benefit analysis / David M. Newbery; title: Optimum growth theory and social time preference : a computerised mathematical modelling exercise to choose a social discount rate / Sardar M.N. Islam; title: A theoretical inquiry on the axiomatic consistency of distributional weights used in cost-benefit analysis / Giuseppe Munda; title: The output gap : measurement, related concepts and policy implications / Parameswar Nandakumar; title: A methodological comparison of theoretical approaches in dichotomous choice contingent valuation / John C. Whitehead; title: Cost-benefit analysis, ethics and the natural environment / Sarah Lumley; title: Transport cost analysis : applications in developed and developing countries / Todd Litman; title: Cost-benefit analysis and the evaluation of new technology and policies in natural resources / David K. Lewis; title: Cost-benefit analysis and the environment : a critical assessment / Joseph N. Lekakis; title: The limits of economic rationality : social and environmental impacts of recreational land use / Sabine O'Hara and Susan Mesner; title: Cost-benefit analysis and wildlife conservation : a sustainable application? / Peter Clough; title: Cost-benefit analysis of climate change : towards an operational decision making rule for climate change policy / Sardar M.N. Islam, Jim Gigas and Peter Sheehan; title: The effect of social time preference on the future of the Australian economy and environment : findings from the Australian Dynamic Integrated Climate and Economy Mode (ADICE) / Sardar M.N. Islam and Jim Gigas; title: An economic and environmental assessment of herbicide-resistant and insect/pest-resistant crops / David Pimentel and Madinah S. Ali; title: Spatial discounting and the environment : an empirical investigation into human preferences / Karl Steininger; title: The free-riding behaviour in Culatra Island case study : detection and correction / Vitor Santos and Fernando Perna; title: The cost of wealthy modern cities / Peter Seidel; title: Valuing multiple health risks from long-tern low dosage exposure to hazardous chemicals / Susan B. Kask, Jason F. Shogren and Todd L. Cherry; title: Challenges and pitfalls of cost-benefit analysis in environmental issues / Jan van der Straaten; title: Challenges in valuation : the health benefits of reducing air pollutants / Jane V. Hall and Victor Brajer; title: The implications of ecological economic theories of value to cost-benefit analysis : importance of alternative valuation for developing nations with special emphasis on Central America / Bernardo Aguilar and Thomas J. Semanchin