040148 UK Methods and Techniques of Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis (BA) (2016S)
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- Registration is open from We 17.02.2016 09:00 to We 24.02.2016 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 14.03.2016 23:59
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max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
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Monday
11.04.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
11.04.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
18.04.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
18.04.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
25.04.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
25.04.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
02.05.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday
02.05.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
09.05.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
09.05.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
23.05.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
23.05.
13:15 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Monday
30.05.
09:45 - 11:15
Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Monday
30.05.
13:00 - 14:45
PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Combination of short assignments (take-home) to be undertaken during semester and final exam/test under examination conditions (closed-book).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course addresses a selection of issues of practical interest in costbenefit
analysis as a technique of investment appraisal and project
evaluation. The emphasis is on methods and techniques of applied financial,
economic and social cost-benefit analysis. The course work consists of
lectures and computer-based practical applications. Students will be
introduced to the use of spreadsheets (Excel) in undertaking a cost-benefit
analysis of a project. The practical sessions will be used to assist students in
preparing the assignments and case studies which form an integral part of
the course.
analysis as a technique of investment appraisal and project
evaluation. The emphasis is on methods and techniques of applied financial,
economic and social cost-benefit analysis. The course work consists of
lectures and computer-based practical applications. Students will be
introduced to the use of spreadsheets (Excel) in undertaking a cost-benefit
analysis of a project. The practical sessions will be used to assist students in
preparing the assignments and case studies which form an integral part of
the course.
Examination topics
Reading list
H.F. Campbell and R.P.C. Brown Cost-Benefit Analysis: Financial and Economic Appraisal Using Spreadsheets, Second Edition, Oxford: Routledge 2015.Recommended:
A.E. Boardman, D.H. Greenberg, A.R. Vining and D.L. Weimer, Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010.
A.E. Boardman, D.H. Greenberg, A.R. Vining and D.L. Weimer, Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010.
Association in the course directory
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1. Understand the basic purpose and economics principles underlying
social cost-benefit analysis.
2. Understand and apply investment appraisal techniques to the ranking
and choice of alternative projects under a range of circumstances.
3. Derive cash flows for CBA from financial accounts and statements.
4. Understand the need for and methods of shadow-pricing to perform
an Efficiency CBA.
5. Take into account a project's environmental costs and benefits and
their valuation using non-market valuation methods.
6. Understand the meaning of Referent Group Analysis and account for
the impact of a project on income distribution.
7. Take account of risk and uncertainty in CBA using sensitivity and
scenario analysis, and deriving threshold values.