TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shaffer,Marvin
TI  - Multiple account benefit-cost analysis: a practical guide for the systematic evaluation of project and policy alternatives 
SN  - 9781442641129 (bound)
AV  - HD47.4.S53 2010 
U1  - 658.1554 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - Coût-efficacité
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Most commonly used in economic and public policy decisions, benefit-cost analysis traditionally attempts to calculate a bottom line by assigning monetary values to all factors associated with a proposed project or action. By contrast, multiple account benefit-cost analysis recognizes that all values are complex and that not all consequences can be expressed in monetary terms or incorporated into one summary measure of net benefit; In this textbook, designed for practitioners as well as for intermediate or advanced students, Marvin Shaffer illustrates how the basic principles and concepts of a benefit-cost analysis can be applied in a multiple account framework, in the process developing a systematic approach to the evaluation of project and policy alternatives. Though retaining the basic principles of benefit-cost analysis, Shaffer focuses more on identifying the advantages and disadvantages of key project alternatives and assessing their necessary trade-offs in order to better inform public policy debates."--pub. desc
ER  -