UCAD: Cost-Benefit Analysis

Syllabus          pdf version          Word version

Day 1. Introduction, and Financial Analysis

Notes (Word)          PS1 (Word)          PS1 (pdf)          Template for PS1        ShoeFactoryExample          Chap 3: Financial Appraisal

Day 2. Points of View; Choice Criteria (NPV, irr)

cbaClass2Examples          Chap 4: Discounting

Day 3. Economic Analysis; Three Postulates; Valuing non-tradeables

Day3notes          PS2 (Word)          PS2 (pdf)          Chap 7: Economic Analysis

Day 4. Economic Analysis; Valuing tradeables; statistical life; discount rate

Day4notes

Day 5. Risk Analysis

JHRiskManual          Day5notes          OilExample          PS3 (Word)          PS3 (pdf)

Day 6. Estimating Demand

Day6notesPart1          Day6notesPart2          DemandCurveEstimation

Day 7. Travel Cost Method; Hedonic Pricing

TravelCostExample          HappyValleyExample        Day7notesPart1          Day7notesPart2          PS4 (Word)          PS4 (pdf)

Day 8. Contingent Valuation

Day8notes          CapeWindHomeownerSurveyResults          PS5 (Word)          PS5 (pdf)

Day 9. Distribution. Value and Accuracy of CBA

Day9notes        WindCBA2008Apr15baseline6pcr