Introduction
Part One
General Surveys
1. A. R. Prest and R. Turvey (1965)
The Main Questions
2. R. A. Musgrave (1969)
Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Theory of Public Finance
Part Two
Measuring Costs and Benefits When They Occur
3. R. N. McKean (1968)
The Use of Shadow Prices
4. A. K. Sen (1972)
Feasibility Constraints: Foreign Exchange Shadow Wages
5. I. M. D. Little and J. A. Mirlees (1969)
The Use of World Prices
6. A. J. Harrison and D. A. Quarmby (1969)
The Value of Time
7. N. W. Mansfield (1971)
The Value of Recreational Facilities
8. E. J. Mishan (1971)
The Value of Life
Part Three
The Social Time Preference Rate and the Social Opportunity Cost of Capital
9. M. S. Feldstein (1964)
The Social Time Preference Rate
10. A. K. Sen (1967)
The Social Time Preference Rate in Relation to the Market Rate of Interest
11. S. A. Marglin (1963)
The Opportunity Cost of Public Investment
12. A. C. Harberger (1969)
The Opportunity Costs of Public Investment Financed by Borrowing
13. M. S. Feldstein (1973)
The Inadequacy of Weighted Discount Rates
Part Four
The Treatment of Risk
14. K. J. Arrow and R. C. Lind (1970)
Uncertainty and the Evaluation of Public Investment Decisions
15. R. Dorfman (1962)
Decision Rules under Uncertainty
Part Five
The Treatment of Income Distribution
16. B. A. Weisbrod (1968)
Deriving an Implicit Set of Governmental Weights for Income Classes
Part Six
The Case of the Third London Airport
17. A. D. J. Flowerdew (1972)
Choosing a Site for the Third London Airport: The Roskill Commission`s Approach
18. E. J. Mishan (1970)
What is Wrong with Roskill?
Ecercises
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Author Index
Subject Index