TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keating,Barry
AU  - Keating,Maryann O.
TI  - Basic cost benefit analysis for assessing local public projects
T2  - Economics collection,
SN  - 9781606496374 (e-book)
AV  - HD3857 .K423 2014
U1  - 658.15 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Public works
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - cost benefit analysis (CBA)
KW  - local government
KW  - project evaluation
KW  - discount rate
KW  - willingness to accept
KW  - willingness to pay
KW  - economic efficiency
KW  - positive time preference
KW  - net discounted benefits
KW  - present value of costs
KW  - present value of benefits
KW  - social welfare functions
KW  - externalities/spillovers
KW  - cost effectiveness analysis
KW  - benefits ratio
KW  - sensitivity analysis
KW  - market failure
KW  - government failure
KW  - standing
KW  - external/social costs
KW  - external/social benefits
KW  - existence values
KW  - hedonic valuation
KW  - hypothetical contingent valuation
KW  - rent seeking
KW  - regulatory capture
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Part of: 2014 digital library; Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index; 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
N2  - This book presents essential elements for understanding, interpreting, and conducting cost benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of local government. The cost benefit technique is so often referenced in government policy that a correct understanding is necessary for officials entrusted with public decisions. It is especially useful for those charged with preparing numerical analyses to assess the worthiness of a specific policy proposal. In this manual, costs and benefits are identified and analyzed in terms of economic efficiency and resource allocation
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ER  -