2010, ISBN: 9780727741349

Cost-benefit analysis: a practical guide is a complete guide to the principles and practice of using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) effectively for making better decisions and allocating res… More...

Cost-benefit analysis: a practical guide is a complete guide to the principles and practice of using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) effectively for making better decisions and allocating resources. This comprehensive and accessible text can be used without prior knowledge of economics, and provides the necessary skills to understand the rationale of CBA, interpret and USE existing analyses, and. Cost-benefit analysis: a practical guide is a complete guide to the principles and practice of using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) effectively for making better decisions and allocating resources. This comprehensive and accessible text can be used without prior knowledge of economics, and provides the necessary skills to understand the rationale of CBA, interpret and USE existing analyses, and undertake basic CBA unaided. The second edition of this popular guide: Takes a practical approach to CBA, providing examples for readers Deals explicitly with probabilities and risk Shows how social, environmental and political aspects can be taken into account Gives guidance on using computer software and avoiding its pitfalls Describes the application of CBA to many sectors, including health, education, transport, and water Includes guidance on the presentation and reporting of analyses to multiple audiences Guides readers to sources of more specialised advice Describes multi-criterion decision analyses Written by a practitioner, rather than an economist, and based on many years' experience of using CBA, Cost-benefit analysis: a practical guide is a detailed learning aide for students and practitioners. It will also serve as a useful reference book for all, with an extensive glossary and index. Contents Basic principles of cost-benefit analysis Quantifying and valuing the costs and benefits Resources and time: discounting and indicators Application to particular fields Reporting and presentation Checklist Uncertainty, probability and risk The domestic pricing and foreign exchange numeraires Ways of estimating economic prices Distribution of costs and benefits between people Choice of discount rate Multi-criterion decision analysis The effects method Model answers to readers' worked examples Worked example Discounting tables Bibliography Notes Glossary/index Books, Business, Finance and Law~~Business and Management~~Business Mathematics & Systems, Cost-Benefit Analysis~~Book~~9780727741349~~Michael Snell, , Cost-Benefit Analysis, Michael Snell, 9780727741349, ICE Publishing, 12/15/2010, , , , ICE Publishing<

ISBN: 0727741349

[SR: 2067527], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780727741349], ICE Publishing, ICE Publishing, Book, [PU: ICE Publishing], ICE Publishing, Features of this new edition: * Covering all concepts and proce… More...

[SR: 2067527], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780727741349], ICE Publishing, ICE Publishing, Book, [PU: ICE Publishing], ICE Publishing, Features of this new edition: * Covering all concepts and procedures from common-sense and first principles, but also a reference book, for economists and non-economists, with a comprehensive index/glossary and many literature and internet references * Practical - based on many years experience of conducting, reporting and using CBA * Guidance on using computer software and avoiding its pitfalls * Gives guidance on the presentation and reporting of analyses, with a checklist and examples showing how to inform and satisfy multiple audiences * Describes the application of CBA to many particular fields, including health, education, transport, and the water sector * Shows how social, environmental and political aspects can be taken into account quantitatively * Deals explicitly with probabilities and uncertainty, including Monte-Carlo analysis * Contains pragmatic guidance on the formulation and packaging of projects, and of the without-project cases against which they are compared * Describes multi-criterion decision analysis, which can put CBA alongside other decision aids, 68, Business, Finance & Law, 268091, Accounting, 659886, Biographies & Histories, 276808, Careers, 404214, E-Commerce, 268153, Economics, 275945, Law, 268290, Management, 268203, Personal Finance, 268179, Professional Finance, 659890, Reference & Education, 268314, Sales & Marketing, 268144, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 71, Computing & Internet, 269189, Certification, 269265, Computer Science, 269899, Databases, 14288081, Digital Lifestyle, 14288151, Digital Music, 13731411, Digital Photography, 14263921, Digital Video, 269655, Hardware, 10781841, Mac OS, 269602, Microsoft Windows, 269520, Networking & Security, 403958, New to Computing, 408230, PC & Video Games, 14224461, Professionals, 269678, Programming, 269870, Software & Graphics, 269623, UNIX & Linux, 269406, Web Development, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 278122, Civil Engineering, 278123, Building Construction & Materials, 922352, Environmental, 278137, Foundations & Soil Mechanics, 278132, Hydraulic Engineering, 922354, Mechanics, 278131, Road & Transport, 278134, Structural Engineering, 278138, Surveying, 278115, Engineering & Technology, 57, Science & Nature, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 9780727741349

Hardback, [PU: ICE Publishing], A clear, jargon free guide to the principles and practice of cost benefit analysis written by a non-economist primarily for non-economists., Business Mathe… More...

Hardback, [PU: ICE Publishing], A clear, jargon free guide to the principles and practice of cost benefit analysis written by a non-economist primarily for non-economists., Business Mathematics & Systems<

2010, ISBN: 9780727741349

[ED: 2], 2nd Revised edition, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Thomas Telford Ltd]

ISBN: 9780727741349

Cost-Benefit Analysis Author :M. Snell 9780727741349 0727741349, [PU: Thomas Telford Ltd]