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Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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 ). Zusammenfassung Draws together articles on Cost-benefit Analysis and its application that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Facilitates exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding Cost-benefit Analysis Provides examples of CBA's practical application. Inhaltsverzeichnis COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC POLICY . Preface 1. Introduction. David L. Weimer, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Policy 2. The Issue of Standing. Whittington, D., & MacRae, D., Jr. (1986). The issue of standing in cost-benefit analysis. MacRae, D., Jr, & Whittington, D. (1988) Assessing preferences in cost-benefit analysis: Reflections on rural water supply evaluation in Haiti. Trumbull, W. N. (1990). Who has standing in cost-benefit analysis?. Whittington, D., & MacRae, D., Jr. (1990). Comment: Judgments about who has standing in cost-benefit analysis. Trumbull, W. N. (1990). Reply to Whittington and MacRae. Zerbe, R. O., Jr. (1991). Comment: Does benefit-cost analysis stand alone? Rights and standing. Discounting for Time. Brown, P. G. (1988). Policy analysis, welfare economics, and the greenhouse effect. Kolb, J. A., & Scheraga, J. D. (1990). Discounting the benefits and costs of environmental regulations. Metcalf, G. E., & Rosenthal, D. (1995). The "new" view of investment decisions and public policy analysis: An application to green lights and cold refrigerators. Moore, M. A., Boardman, A. E., Vining, A. R., Weimer, D. L., & Greenberg, D. H. (2004). "Just give me a number!" Practical values for the social discount rate. Risk and the "Value of Life". Moore, M. J., & Viscusi, W. K. (1988). Doubling the estimated value of life: Results from new occupational fatality data. Fisher, A., Chestnut, L. G., & Violette, D. M. (1989). The value of reducing risks of death: A note on new evidence. Knetsch, J. L. (1995). Assumptions, behavioral findings, and policy analysis. Mrozek, J. R., & Taylor, L. O. (2002). What determines the value of life: A meta-analysis. Hammitt, J. K. (2002). Understanding differences in estimates of the value of mortality risk. Krupnick, A. (2002). The value of reducing risk of death: A policy perspective. Non-Use Value as a Benefit Category. Rosenthal, D. H., & Nelson, R. H. (1992). Why existence value should not be used in cost-benefit analysis. Kopp, R. J. (1992). Why existence value should be used in cost-benefit analysis. Quiggin, J. (1993). Existence value and benefit-cost analysis: A third view. Smith, V. K. (1993). Rethinking the rithmetic of damage assessment. CBA in Administrative and Legal Context.
