Cost-Benefit Analysis
Stephen Glaister editor Richard Layard editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:30th Jun '94
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This fully revised second edition covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise.
This fully revised textbook covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise, reflecting the most recent research in the area. It covers the main theoretical issues and provides an extended elementary introduction.Should India build a new steel mill, or London an urban motorway? Should higher education expand, or water supplies be improved? These are typical questions about which cost-benefit analysis has something to say. It is the main tool that economics provides for analysing problems of social choice. It also provides a useful vehicle for understanding the practical value of welfare economics. This new book of readings covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise. It is entirely up-to-date, reflecting the most recent research in the area. Part I covers the main theoretical issues affecting cost-benefit analysis. Part II considers the problem of ascribing a monetary value to things. The third part covers six separate case studies drawn from real-life examples. The book begins with an extended elementary introduction written by the editors.
'The introduction is an excellent review of the basic principles of cost benefit analysis, and the readings are definitive. An excellent basis for a course.' Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University
ISBN: 9780521466745
Dimensions: 243mm x 171mm x 27mm
Weight: 790g
508 pages
2nd Revised edition