Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis

Edited by Robert Farrow and Richard Zerbe, Jr.

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Benefit–cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies and standards to improve the consistency and credibility of such analyses, assisting analysts of all types in achieving a greater uniformity of practice.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 9781781953433
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 An assessment of important issues concerning the application of benefit–cost analysis to social policy , pp 25-62

Aidan Vining and David Weimer

Ch 2 Toward standardization of benefit–cost analysis of early childhood interventions , pp 63-109

Lynn A. Karoly

Ch 3 Principles and standards for benefit–cost analysis of public health preparedness and pandemic mitigation programs , pp 110-152

Joseph H. Cook

Ch 4 Principles and standards for the benefit–cost analysis of crime , pp 153-171

John R. Lott

Ch 5 Towards principles and standards for the benefit–cost analysis of safety , pp 172-193

Robert Farrow and W Viscusi

Ch 6 Developing general equilibrium benefit analyses for social programs: an introduction and example , pp 194-246

Henry Klaiber and V. Smith

Ch 7 Appropriate discounting for benefit–cost analysis , pp 247-263

David Burgess and Richard O. Zerbe

Ch 8 Ethical benefit–cost analysis as art and science: ten rules for benefit–cost analysis , pp 264-293

Richard O. Zerbe

Ch 9 Incorporating distributional issues into benefit–cost analysis: why, how, and two empirical examples using non-market valuation , pp 294-316

John Loomis

Ch 10 Behavioral economics and the conduct of benefit–cost analysis: towards principles and standards , pp 317-363

Lisa Robinson and James Hammitt

Ch 11 Conclusion: principles and standards for benefit–cost analysis , pp 364-443

Richard O. Zerbe, Tyler Blake Davis, Nancy Garland and Tyler Scott

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