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Benefit-cost Analysis

Benefit-Cost Analysis is an evaluative methodology that identifies, quantifies, and compares in monetary terms the economic benefits and costs of a proposed public project or policy to determine its net contribution to social welfare and guide resource allocation decisions.

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Commodities and Capabilities

Dan Usher, Amartya Sen · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 1987 · 3.8K citations

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A mathematical model of the finding of usability problems

Jakob Nielsen, Thomas K. Landauer · 1993 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Alternative to Mental Hospital Treatment

Leonard I. Stein · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1980 · 1.9K citations

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An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance

Robert Kurzban, Angela Duckworth, Joseph W. Kable et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Benefit and Distance Functions

Robert G. Chambers, Rolf Färe · Journal of Economic Theory · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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    James K. Hammitt

    Harvard University, United States

    11 publications · 581 citations

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    John B. Loomis

    Colorado State University, United States

    10 publications · 668 citations

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    V. Kerry Smith

    Resources For The Future, United States

    9 publications · 948 citations

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    Robert Haveman

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    8 publications · 209 citations

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    David H. Greenberg

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    7 publications · 367 citations

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    4.6K citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    992 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    989 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    6.6K citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 76 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

    45 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 52 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 34 publications · 1.9K citations

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Benefit-cost Analysis

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