CPB Communication | 9 November 2018
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Cost-benefit analyses
CPB uses cost-benefit analyses to evaluate projects: are the total benefits larger than the total costs? In other words: will the welfare for the society as a whole increase by realising the project.
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Should CBA’s include a correction for the marginal excess burden of taxation?
According to economic theory, taxation drives a wedge between private and public benefits, which distorts labour supply, consumption and investment and leads to loss of welfare.
CPB Discussion Paper 370 | 24 January 2018
26 pages | pdf document, 1.6 MB
CPB Communication | 5 December 2017
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Distributionally Weighted Cost-Benefit Analysis: From Theory to Practice
In CBA practices around the world, benefits are valued regardless of to whom they accrue. This disregards basic economic principles, like declining marginal utility of income, or inequality aversion. This paper argues that if redistribution matters, net benefits must be aggregated using a distributionally weighted CBA.
CPB Discussion Paper 364 | 10 October 2017
24 pages | pdf document, 1.4 MB
CPB Communication | 20 September 2017
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