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Cost-Benefit Analysis: Pearson New International Edition

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Pearson New International Edition

Anthony Boardman | David Greenberg | Aidan Vining | David Weimer

(2013)

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Abstract

For undergraduate courses in cost-benefit analysis.
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.
This edition includes a number of chapters that have been revised and reorganized to make the material clearer and more accessible.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Table of Contents I
1. Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis 1
2. Conceptual Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis 27
3. Microeconomic Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis 54
4. Valuing Benefits and Costs in Primary Markets 82
5. Valuing Benefits and Costs in Secondary Markets 119
6. Discounting Benefits and Costs in Future Time Periods 137
7. Dealing with Uncertainty: Expected Values, Sensitivity Analysis, and the Value of Information 171
8. Option Price and Option Value 208
10. The Social Discount Rate 248
11. Predicting and Monetizing Impacts 286
12. Valuing Impacts From Observed Behavior: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments 302
13. Valuing Impacts from Observed Behavior: Direct Estimation of Demand Curves 336
14. Valuing Impacts from Observed Behavior: Indirect Market Methods 357
15. Shadow Prices from Secondary Sources 390
16. Shadow Prices: Applications to Developing Countries 427
17. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 450
18. Distributionally Weighted Cost-Benefit Analysis 475
Index 493
A 493
B 493
C 493
D 494
E 495
F 495
G 496
H 496
I 496
J 496
K 497
L 497
M 497
N 497
O 497
P 497
Q 498
R 498
S 499
T 499
U 500
V 500
W 500
Y 500