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Cost Benefit Analysis of Agricultural and Environmental Projects

Many decisions regarding cost and benefits of different tasks are made in everyday life. For example, a household compares costs and benefits from buying a new environmentally friendly car. The cost benefit tests are also carried out for much larger projects such as changes in national transport systems. Common to most projects is the need for attaching costs and benefits to different items which can be difficult to assess such as the value of life or cost of the risk for future catastrophic events from, e.g., nuclear power works. The purpose of this course is to give theoretical and empirical knowledge on design of cost benefit studies applied mainly on environmentally related projects. After passing the course, the students will



- be able to determine whether or not a project is suitable for cost benefit analysis

- analyse the concept of social cost

- have knowledge on different techniques for cost and benefit estimates

- give account of what factors can have dramatic impacts on the estimated cost and benefits

- know how to account for intangible costs or benefits of a project

- describe the impact of time perspective on the outcome of a project

- know how to account for distributional impacts of a project on for example different

households and regions

- analyse the possibilities and limitations of CBA

Information från kursledaren

2020-07-09
Welcome to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Läsåret 2018/2019

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Läsåret 2017/2018

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Läsåret 2016/2017

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Läsåret 2015/2016

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Läsåret 2013/2014

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Läsåret 2011/2012

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Läsåret 2010/2011

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Kursplan och övrig information

Betygskriterier

Evaluation

The evaluation consists of a case study and an exam. The case study may give maximum 20 credits. The exam has four questions; each question may give maximum 20 credits. Thus, the maximum for the case study and the exam is 100 credits in total. In order to get grade:

• 3 you must have at least 50 points in total.

• 4 you must have at least 70 points in total.

• 5 you must have at least 85 points in total.

Seminar participation is mandatory!!

Litteraturlista

  1. Boardman A., Greenberg D., Vining A., Weimer D., Cost benefit-analysis. International Edition. Pearson (Main text book). 1) Perman, R., Ma, Y., McGilvray, J., Common, M. 2003. Natural resources and environmental economics. Pearson, Harlow, UK.

Kursfakta

Kursen ges som en fristående kurs: Ja Kursavgift: Studieavgift, endast för medborgare utanför EU, EES, och Schweiz: 13082 SEK Nivå: A1N
Ämne: Nationalekonomi Miljövetenskap Nationalekonomi Miljövetenskap
Kurskod: NA0153 Anmälningskod: SLU-10212 Plats: Uppsala Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för ekonomi Studietakt: 50%