Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis

Author(s)

• Brent, Robert J.

Bibliographic Information

Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis

edited by Robert J. Brent

Edward Elgar, c2009

• : cased
• : [pbk.]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost-benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on standard microeconomic policy evaluations, the relatively neglected area of macroeconomic policy and its integration into a formal CBA framework, and dynamic considerations in CBA Presenting insights from many influential thinkers, and edited by a leading academic in the field, this comprehensive work will prove an invaluable reference tool for economists, researchers and scholars.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Overview of the Field and the Contributions in the Handbook Robert J. Brent PART II: MICROECONOMIC EVALUATIONS 2. Cost-Benefit Analysis for Health Peter Zweifel and Harry Telser 3. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drug Abuse Treatment William S. Cartwright 4. Can Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide Education Policy in Developing Countries? Emmanuel Jimenez and Harry Anthony Patrinos 5. Cost-Benefit Analysis in Transport: Recent Developments in Rail Project Appraisal in Britain Chris Nash and James Laird 6. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Projects and the Role of Distributional Weights Robert J. Brent and Booi Themeli 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Labour Market Programmes Michele Campolieti and Morley Gunderson 8. Regulation and Cost-Benefit Analysis Franco Papandrea 9. Can Cost-Benefit Analysis of Financial Regulation be Made Credible? Patrick Honohan PART III: MACROECONOMIC EVALUATIONS 10. The Welfare Effects of Inflation: A Cost-Benefit Perspective Karl-Heinz Toedter and Bernhard Manzke 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Economic Globalization Clem Tisdell 12. Poverty Alleviation Programs and their Impacts: A Survey Jyotsna Jalan 13. Too Hungry to Read: Is an Education Subsidy a Misguided Policy for Development? Parantap Basu 14. Project Finance and Cost-Benefit Analysis Peggy B. Musgrave 15. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Evaluation of the Effects of Corruption on Public Projects Robert J. Brent PART IV: DYNAMIC EVALUATIONS 16. Social Security and Future Generations Hans Fehr and Oystein Thogersen 17. Irreversible Investments: A Cost-Benefit Perspective Rati Ram and Rajeev K. Goel 18. Pro-Growth, Pro-Poor: Is There a Trade-off? J. Humberto Lopez 19. The Value of the 1964 Surgeon General's Report Frank Chaloupka and Richard M. Peck Index

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Details

• NCID: BA91297121
• ISBN:
  • 9781847200693
  • 9781848449572
• LCCN: 2009928595
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 540 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD47.4
  • DC22 : 338.512072
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cost effectiveness -- Research