TY  - BOOK
AU  - Layard, Richard  (Editor) 
AU  -  Glaister,  Stephen (Editor)
TI  - Cost-benefit analysis
SN  - 9780521461283
U1  - 658.1554 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cost effectiveness
N1  - Includes index; 	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
N2  - 	
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
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