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082			_a658.1554 _bCOS
100			_aLayard, Richard (Editor)
245			_aCost-benefit analysis
250			_a2nd Edition
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c1994.
300			_ax, 497 pages : _billustrations ;
500			_aIncludes index
505			_a 1. Shadow prices and markets: Policy reform, shadow prices and market prices / J. Dreze and N. Stern -- 2. Shadow prices and markets: Feasibility constraints: foreign exchange and shadow wages / A.K. Sen -- 3. Discount rates: The rate of discount for benefit-cost analysis and the theory of the second best / J.E. Stiglitz -- 4. Risk and uncertainty: Uncertainty and the evaluation of public investment decisions / K.J. Arrow and R.C. Lind -- 5. Income distribution: Allowing for income distribution / R. Layard and A.A. Walters -- 6. The costs and benefits of analysis: Project appraisal and planning twenty years on / I.M.D. Little and J.A. Mirrlees -- 7. Time savings: Research into the value of time / The MVA Consultancy et al -- 8. Safety and the saving of life: The theory of equalizing differences / S. Rosen -- 9. Safety and the saving of life: The economics of safety and physical risk / M.W. Jones-Lee.
520			_a Should Chicago build a new airport, or India build a new steel mill? 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 mail tool that economics provides for analysing problems of social choice. It also provides a useful vehicle for understanding the practical value of welfare economics.
650			_aCost effectiveness.
700			_a Glaister, Stephen (Editor)
942			_cBK
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