Behavioral Economics for Cost-Benefit Analysis: Benefit Validity When Sovereign Consumers Seem to Make Mistakes

Author:   David L. Weimer (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107197350


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   14 September 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David L. Weimer (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781107197350


ISBN 10:   110719735
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   14 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction; 2. Neoclassical valuation principles for CBA; 3. Possible behavioral frameworks for CBA; 4. Risk perception and expected utility deviations; 5. Large deviations between WTP and WTA; 6. Non-exponential time discounting; 7. Harmful addictive consumption; 8. Practical guidelines for valuation.

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David L. Weimer is the Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of numerous articles and monographs on health policy and policy craft, as well as the co-author of two texts that have made important contributions to public policy education: Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 6th edition (forthcoming) and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 4th edition (2014). A Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, he served as President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in 2006 and President of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis in 2013.

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