Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects

Book description


CBA is an attempt to fully account for all costs associated with a new proposal along with a detailed calculation of specific private and public benefits. Properly employed, CBA is simply a method for assessing a proposal prior to a collective decision by calculating net benefits relative to an alternative project or the default option of doing nothing.

Product information

  • Title: Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects
  • Author(s): Barry P. Keating, Maryann O. Keating
  • Release date: November 2013
  • Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
  • ISBN: 9781606496374