About the Flood Risk Management Plans (PGRA) the European Community (DIR. 2007/60; Regulation No. 1303/2013) introduces the need to provide an assessment of the prevention and mitigation measures for the hydraulic risk through a Cost-Benefit Analysis ...
Francesca Torrieri +2 more
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Accumulative Pollution, Environmental Regulation and Environmental Costs: Dynamic Approach [PDF]
This article analyses how social preference towards environmental costs for addressing environmental concerns can have an impact on the steady state solution concerning the stock of accumulative pollutants and the optimal environmental regulatory ...
Kenichi Shimamoto
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Application of the balanced scorecard and the cost-benefit model for evaluate of social projects
Social initiatives are not always considered in the context of efficiency the solution of certain tasks often prevails, without taking into account the necessary investments or generated results.
I. V. Solntsev
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The discounted money value of human lives lost due to COVID-19 in Spain [PDF]
Purpose – To estimate the discounted money value of human lives lost (DMVHL) due to COVID-19 in Spain. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs the human capital approach to estimate the DMVHL (assuming Spain's life expectancy of 83 years and a 3%
Joses Muthuri Kirigia +1 more
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Social discounting, social costs of carbon, and their use in energy system models
Discounting plays a large role in cost-optimization models, but is nevertheless often only covered in little detail in energy system models. The aim of this paper is to highlight the effects of varying discount rates and social costs of carbon in energy ...
Konstantin Löffler
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An Estimation of Social Discount Rate Based on Hazard Rate for Iran and Selected countries [PDF]
Social discount rate is an important variable for the Cost-Benefit analysis. Commonly used discount factor in applied works is exponential discount factor.
Ghahraman Abdoli, Hassan Heydari
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Economic Analysis for Investment of Public Sector’s Automated Container Terminal: Korean Case Study
The purpose of this case study is to conduct an economic analysis to calculate the proper terminal capacity of automated container terminal (ACT) investment from the perspective of the public sector.
Yohan An, Namkyu Park
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A cost-benefit analysis of concentrator photovoltaic technology use in South Africa: A case study
The South African Government currently faces the dual problems of climate change mitigation and the rollout of electricity provision to rural, previously disadvantaged communities.
Mario du Preez +2 more
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More appropriate discounting: the rate of social time preference and the value of the social discount rate [PDF]
Recently, a number of authors, including Burgess and Zerbe, have recommended the use of a real social discount rate (SDR) in the range of 6–8% in benefit-cost analysis (BCA) of public projects. They derive this rate based on the social opportunity cost of capital (SOC) method.
Mark A. Moore +2 more
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The Social Cost of Sub-Soil Resource Use
This paper presents a market-price-based method to value sub-soil resources in environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. The market price incorporates the privileged information of the market agents, explicitly or implicitly ...
Tom Huppertz +4 more
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