Cost–Benefit Analysis

摘要: Cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is a method for assessing the economic efficiency of proposed public policies through systematic prediction social costs and benefits. The concepts ‘willingness to pay’ ‘opportunity cost’ guide valuation projected policy effects in terms money metric. Comprehensively valuing aggregating across all members society yields net benefits policy. A with positive economically efficient relative status quo. When only relevant goal, CBA provides an appropriate decision rule: choose policy, or set policies, that maximizes