Cost-benefit analysis of multi-level government : the case of EU cohesion policy and of US federal investment policies / / Alessandro Ferrara
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| Autore: |
Ferrara Alessandro <1953-, >
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| Titolo: |
Cost-benefit analysis of multi-level government : the case of EU cohesion policy and of US federal investment policies / / Alessandro Ferrara
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 352.4/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public investments - Europe |
| Public investments - United States | |
| Public investments - Cost effectiveness | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Disclaimer; Dedication; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Charts; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 The Economic Theory of Shadow Pricing; Part II Case Studies; 2 The Cohesion Policy of the European Union; 3 The Federal Investment Policies of the United States of America; Part III The New Theoretical Framework; 4 The Case for EU Intervention: discussion; 5 The Case for EU Intervention: formalization; 6 The Impact of EU Intervention; 7 Welfare Weights; 8 Social Discount Rates; 9 Shadow Wage Rates |
| Part IV Theoretical Insights and Policy Implications10 Theoretical Insights and Extensions; 11 Insights and Methodological Directions for the Case Studies; Appendix to Chapter 5; Appendix to Chapter 6; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book provides an original framework to assess public investment policies co-financed by Union (Federal) governments. This framework is applied to two important case studies: the EU Cohesion Policy and the US Federal Investment Policies.Cost-Benefit Analysis of Multi-Level Government sheds light on a number of outstanding issues of economic theory by extending the theory of shadow prices, and provides guidance to real-world decision makers. In particular, the following questions are addressed:Under which theoretical circumstances, higher leve |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cost-benefit analysis of multi-level government |
| ISBN: | 1-135-16661-7 |
| 1-135-16662-5 | |
| 1-282-57181-8 | |
| 9786612571817 | |
| 0-203-85968-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910800069003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 80.