Pere Riera,  Barcelona School of Economics

The devil is in the detail    

SYLLABUS

• • General program 

  • Evaluation criteria  

CLASS NOTES, PRESENTATIONS AND EXERCISES

• • Class Notes in [Word] [pdf], with exercises and references  -in progress

  • CBA Slides (in PowerPoint) [0. Presentation] [1. CBA] [2. Valuation] [3. Other Methods]

• • Class Challenge questions with solutions [PowerPoint]

  • Questions and Answers (exam preparation) [pdf]

  • Mock Exam [Questions 1] [Solutions 1], and [Questions 2] [Solutions 2]

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

• • CBA examples and exercises

  • Valuation methods: [Hedonic Prices], [Travel Cost], [Contingent Valuation], [Choice Modeling], [Benefits Transfer]

  • Other evaluation methods

Textbooks

• • - Boardman, Anthony E., David H. Greenberg, Aidan R. Vining, and David L. Weimer (2018), Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Fifth Edition, Pearson (Prentice Hall), Upper Saddle River, NJ.

  • - Johansson, Per-Olov, and Bengt Kriström (2015) Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project Appraisal. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

  • - Sugden, Robert, and Alan Williams (1978) The Principles of Practical Cost-Benefit Analysis. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Others

• • - Other main references

  • - Complementary references