Introduction to Public Policies

Week 9 - Economic dimension of policy evaluation


Outline:

  • The concept of economic evaluation
  • Evaluation criteria – economyeffectivenessefficiency
  • Inputs and outputs. Typology.
  • Single criterion methods (CMA, CEA, CUA, CBA)
  • CBA, basic principle and selected problems (valuationdiscounting)


Presentation:



Further readings:


̶Carson, R. T., & Hanemann, W. M. (2005). Contingent valuationHandbook of environmental economics2, 821-936.

̶Broughel, J. (2020). The Social Discount Rate: A Primer for PolicymakersMercatus Research Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3639628