Cost-benefit analysis


Autoria(s): Torriti, Jacopo; Ikpe, Eka
Data(s)

2015

Resumo

Over the past 30 years, cost–benefit analysis (CBA) has been applied to various areas of public policies and projects. The aim of this essay is to describe the origins of CBA, classify typologies of costs and benefits, define efficiency under CBA and discuss issues associated with the use of a microeconomic tool in macroeconomic contexts.

Formato

text

Identificador

http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/43040/1/CBA%20paper.pdf

Torriti, J. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90004104.html> and Ikpe, E. (2015) Cost-benefit analysis. In: Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781461478836 doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_124-1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_124-1>

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Springer

Relação

http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/43040/

creatorInternal Torriti, Jacopo

http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_124-1

10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_124-1

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Book or Report Section

PeerReviewed