De l'utilité du calcul économique public

Roger Guesnerie (roger.guesnerie@college-de-france.fr)

Economie & Prévision, 2006, vol. n° 175-176, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: This text is a slightly revised version of the opening lecture to the ?Journées de l'Association Française de Science Économique? (Rennes, 2004). In keeping with the rules of the exercise, the article provides a broadassessment of the difficulties and usefulness of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for public decision-making today. The author emphasizes the changes in the institutional environment in which public cost-benefit analysis is performed, and the merits of its ?software? (foundations) and ?hardware? (implementation techniques).

Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; income redistribution; public firms; asymmetric information; second-best optimum; real options (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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Working Paper: De l'utilité du calcul économique public (2007)
Working Paper: De l'utilité du calcul économique public (2007)
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Working Paper: De l'utilité du calcul économique public (2006)
Working Paper: De l'utilité du calcul économique public (2006)
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