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2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ECO 360 - Cost Benefit Analysis

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Principles and practice of cost-benefit analysis. Students will learn how to develop and apply cost-benefit techniques to evaluate public policies and specific projects.Topics include accounting for incomplete markets, long-term discounting, analysis in the presence of uncertainty and distributional concerns.
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