The ethics and politics of environmental cost-benefit analysis [electronic resource] / Karine Nyborg.

By: Nyborg, Karine, 1962-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 36.Publication details: London : Routledge, 2012Description: xii, 128 pISBN: 9780203117613 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Environmental protection -- Estimates | Environmental policy -- Cost effectiveness | Political ethicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 178 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | N93 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Basics -- Introduction -- The purpose of a project analysis -- Types of analysis -- Efficiency -- Measurement of utility and welfare -- Utility -- Social welfare -- Equal welfare weights -- Benefits measured in environmental units -- Disagreement -- Willingness to pay for the social good -- The main message so far -- CBA and democratic decision-making -- Democratic decision-making -- Sufficient background information -- Indicators -- Politicians' attitudes to CBA -- Recommendations -- What to do? -- Concluding remarks.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics -- Introduction -- The purpose of a project analysis -- Types of analysis -- Efficiency -- Measurement of utility and welfare -- Utility -- Social welfare -- Equal welfare weights -- Benefits measured in environmental units -- Disagreement -- Willingness to pay for the social good -- The main message so far -- CBA and democratic decision-making -- Democratic decision-making -- Sufficient background information -- Indicators -- Politicians' attitudes to CBA -- Recommendations -- What to do? -- Concluding remarks.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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