Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-543) and indexes

Chapter 1 Introduction to cost-benefit analysis page 1-26 -- Chapter 2 Conceptual foundations of cost-benefit analysis page 27-52 -- Chapter 3 Microeconomic foundations of cost-benefit analysis page 53-80 -- Chapter 4 Valuing benefits and costs in primary markets page 81-118 -- Chapter 5 Valuing benefits and costs in secondary markets page 119-136 -- Chapter 6 Discounting benefits and costs in future time periods page 137-170 -- Chapter 7 Dealing with uncertainty: Expected values, sensitivity analysis, and the value of information page 171-206 -- Chapter 8 Option price and option value page 207-230 -- Chapter 9 Existence value page 231-246 -- Chapter 10 The social discount rate page 247-284 -- Chapter 11 Predicting and monetizing impacts page 285-300 -- Chapter 12 Valuing impacts from observed behavior: Experiments and quasi-experiments page 301-334 -- Chapter 13 Valuing impacts from observed behavior: Direct estimation of demand curves page 335-356 -- Chapter 14 Valuing impacts from observed behavior: Indirect market methods page 357-388 -- Chapter 15 Shadow prices from secondary sources page 389-426 -- Chapter 16 Shadow prices: Applications to developing countries page 427-448 -- Chapter 17 Cost-effectiveness analysis page 449-474 -- Chapter 18 Distributionally weighted cost-benefit analysis page 475-492