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Author:   Robert J. Brent
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781848449572

ISBN 10:   1848449577
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   29 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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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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'Anyone interested in cost-benefit analysis will find this anthology valuable.' -- E. Kacapyr, Choice 'This book breathes new life into an old but intellectually robust field by applying the principles of cost-benefit analysis to contemporary issues such as drug-abuse treatment, active labor market programs, tobacco addiction, financial regulation, malnutrition and corruption. Several chapters link cost-benefit analysis to other techniques such as cost-effectiveness and impact evaluation. The book will be valuable to scholars wanting to do further research in the field, as well as to consumers of cost-benefit analysis - those who need to know the underpinnings of what their analysts give them.' -- Shanta Devarajan, The World Bank, US 'This is a very nice and very useful set of articles on cost-benefit applications. The book will be particularly useful for students but also for professionals interested in keeping up with the state of applied work. I will use some of the articles in my class. Brent's introduction is also well done.' -- Richard O. Zerbe, University of Washington, Seattle, US

'Anyone interested in cost-benefit analysis will find this anthology valuable.' - E. Kacapyr, Choice 'This book breathes new life into an old but intellectually robust field by applying the principles of cost-benefit analysis to contemporary issues such as drug-abuse treatment, active labor market programs, tobacco addiction, financial regulation, malnutrition and corruption. Several chapters link cost-benefit analysis to other techniques such as cost-effectiveness and impact evaluation. The book will be valuable to scholars wanting to do further research in the field, as well as to consumers of cost-benefit analysis - those who need to know the underpinnings of what their analysts give them.' - Shanta Devarajan, The World Bank, US 'This is a very nice and very useful set of articles on cost-benefit applications. The book will be particularly useful for students but also for professionals interested in keeping up with the state of applied work. I will use some of the articles in my class. Brent's introduction is also well done.' - Richard O. Zerbe, University of Washington, Seattle, US

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Robert J. Brent, Professor of Economics, Fordham University, New York, US

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