TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rus,Ginés de
TI  - Introduction to cost-benefit analysis
SN  - 9781848448520 (hbk.)
U1  - 658.1554 
CY  - Cheltenham, Glos, UK, Northampton, Mass., USA
PB  - Edward Elgar, $c c2010.
KW  - Cost effectiveness
N1  - 1. Introduction --
2. The economic evaluation of social benefits --
3. The economic evaluation of indirect effects --
4. Opportunity costs, market and shadow prices --
5. Economic valuation of non-marketed goods (I) --
6. Economic valuation of non-marketed goods (II) --
7. Discounting and decision criteria (I) --
8. Discounting and decision criteria (II) --
9. Uncertainty and risk analysis --
10. Applications --
11. Microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis
N2  - This accessible and non-technical introductory text presents the principal methods and key concepts involved in understanding and applying cost-benefit analysis, and demonstrating how to evaluate whether an investment project or policy proposal will contribute to increase social welfare. Gines de Rus incorporates the latest thinking on issues such as the treatment of risk and uncertainty, and the importance of institutional arrangements in ensuring the correct use of the technique
ER  -