Basic cost benefit analysis for assessing local public projects /

CBA is an attempt to fully account for all costs associated with a new proposal along with a detailed calculation of specific private and public benefits. Properly employed, CBA is simply a method for assessing a proposal prior to a collective decision by calculating net benefits relative to an alte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Keating, Barry, 1945- (Autor), Keating, Maryann O. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Business Expert Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Economics collection.
Temas:
Public administration > Management.
Public administration > Economic aspects.
Cost effectiveness.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Administration publique (Science) > Gestion.
Administration publique (Science) > Aspect économique.
Coût-efficacité.
cost benefit analysis.
Cost effectiveness
Public administration > Economic aspects
Public administration > Management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. An introduction to cost benefit analysis
  • 2. Cost benefit analysis and individual preferences
  • 3. Time preference and the discount rate
  • 4. Measuring costs and benefits
  • 5. Shadow pricing
  • 6. Potential pitfalls in cost benefit analysis
  • 7. Introducing cost benefit analysis to the non-specialist
  • 8. Cost benefit analysis of proposed new regulations
  • 9. Case study: contracting versus a municipal animal control shelter
  • 10. Case study: cost benefit analysis for a forty acre industrial park intended to spawn economic development and jobs
  • 11. Case study: establishing a recreational program for the disabled
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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