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Name: Evaluating Projects and Policies
ID: m38611
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) the challenges of policy evaluation when costs and benefits accrue over time, 2) features of cost-benefit analysis, and 3) criteria for policy evaluation.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Additionality, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Counterfactual, Discounting, Net Present Value, Opportunity Cost, Present Discounted Value, Sensitivity Analysis
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Amy Ando (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.7 (history)
First publication date: Jul 4, 2011 1:00 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Mar 21, 2012 7:33 pm -0500

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Version: 1.7 Mar 21, 2012 7:33 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
1)  Remove periods from end of objectives 2) Bold Module Title in "As we saw in the Module Environmental Valuation (Section 6.4)" 3)  Fix capitalization of glossary terms 4) Reduce printed size of Figure 6.10: A Redwood Forest in California (MWL)
Version: 1.6 Jan 18, 2012 10:08 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.5 Jan 16, 2012 6:20 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
 1) Remove number from title; 2) fix headings; 3) Remove numbers from Figure Captions; 4) Fix titles of Figures; 5) Fix capitalization in Headings (mwl)
Version: 1.4 Sep 16, 2011 5:22 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Changed module title (mwl)
Version: 1.3 Sep 15, 2011 7:05 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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version 2 (mwl)
Version: 1.2 Jul 21, 2011 7:35 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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Removed UofIOST as author (mwl)
Version: 1.1 Jul 6, 2011 9:00 am -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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