Cost–benefit analysis: a practical guide is a complete guide to the principles and practice of using cost–benefit analysis (CBA) effectively for making better decisions and allocating resources. This comprehensive and accessible text can be used without prior knowledge of economics, and provides the necessary skills to understand the rationale of CBA, interpret and use existing analyses, and undertake basic CBA unaided.
Chapter 1 : Basic Principles of Cost–Benefit Analysis
Chapter 2 : Quantifying and Valuing The Costs and Benefits
Chapter 3 : Resources and Time : Discounting and Indicators
Chapter 4 : Application to Particular Fields
Chapter 5 : Reporting and Presentation
Chapter 6 : Uncertainty, Probability and Risk
Chapter 7 : The Domestic Pricing and Foreign Exchange Numéraires
Chapter 8 : Ways of Estimating Economic Prices
Chapter 9 : Distribution of Costs and Benefits Between People
Chapter 10 : Choice of Discount Rate
Chapter 11 : Multicriterion Decision Analysis
Chapter 12 : The Effects Method
Chapter 13 : Model Answers to Readers’ Worked Examples
Chapter 14 : Worked Example
Chapter 15 : Discounting Tables
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