Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Policy

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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Policy

Author(s): David Weimer

  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publication Date: 13 Mar. 2009
  • Edition: 1st
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 472 pages
  • ISBN-10: 9781405190169
  • ISBN-13: 9781405190169

Book Description

This volume seeks to facilitate such exposure by drawing together into a convenient collection the fine articles on CBA and its application that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).

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From the Inside Flap

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds a prominent place among the techniques of public policy analysis. Exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding the use of CBA and examples of its practical application have value to current and future practitioners of policy analysis as well as to researchers in the policy sciences. This volume seeks to facilitate such exposure by drawing together into a convenient collection the fine articles on CBA and its application that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).

From the Back Cover

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds a prominent place among the techniques of public policy analysis. Exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding the use of CBA and examples of its practical application have value to current and future practitioners of policy analysis as well as to researchers in the policy sciences. This volume seeks to facilitate such exposure by drawing together into a convenient collection the fine articles on CBA and its application that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).

About the Author

David Weimer is professor of political science and public affairs at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. His research focuses broadly on policy craft, institutional design, and health policy. Professor Weimer co-authored Organizational Report Cards and Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice (4th edition), and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3rd edition). His edited volumes include Institutional Design and The Political Economy of Property Rights.

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