Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index.
Introduction -- The foundations of cost-benefit analysis -- The stages of a practical cost-benefit analysis -- Decision rules -- Policy and project costs -- Total economic value -- Revealed preference methods for valuing non-market impacts -- Stated preference approaches I : contingent valuation method -- State preference approaches II : choice modelling -- (Quasi) option value -- Willingness to pay vs. willingness to accept -- The value of ecosystem services -- Discounting -- Valuing health and life risks -- Equity and cost-benefit analysis -- Sustainability and cost-benefit analysis -- Benefits transfer -- Cost-benefit analysis and other decision-making procedures -- The political economy of cost-benefit analysis.
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This book presents an in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment. It examines how costs and benefits are evaluated and given monetary value, how to take into account impacts on future generations and impacts of irreversible losses, and how to deal with equity and sustainability issues.--Publisher's description.
Cost-benefit analysis and the environment.
Analyse coûts-avantages et environnement : développements récents
Environmental policy-- Cost effectiveness.
Environmental protection-- Cost effectiveness.
Développement durable-- Coût-efficacité
Environnement-- Politique gouvernementale-- Coût-efficacité
Environnement-- Protection-- Coût-efficacité
Environmental policy-- Cost effectiveness.
Environmental protection-- Cost effectiveness.
Kosten-batenanalyse.
Milieubeleid.
Miljöarbete-- ekonomiska aspekter.
Miljöpolitik-- kostnadseffektivitet.
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Pearce, David W., (David William)
Atkinson, Giles,1969-
Mourato, Susana.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.