Alessandro Ferrara

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Multi-Level Government

The Case of EU Cohesion Policy and of US Federal Investment Policies

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Alessandro Ferrara focuses on the provision of public investment and level of governmental intervention in Europe and the USA with particularly reference to the EU Cohesion Policy and the US Federal Investment Policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780415568210
• ISBN-10: 0415568218
• Artikelnr.: 29928790

Autorenporträt

Dr Alessandro Ferrara gained his PhD in Economics at the Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, UK. After having been responsible for cost-benefit analysis at the Evaluation Unit, Directorate General Regional Policy, European Commission, he is currently working as a specialist in economic modelling at the Unit of Economic and Quantitative Analysis, Additionality of the same Directorate General.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. The Economic Theory of Shadow Pricing Part 2: Case
Studies 2. The Cohesion Policy of the European Union 3. The Federal
Investment Policies of the United States of America Part 3: The New
Theoretical Framework 4. The Case for EU Intervention: Discussion 5. The
Case for EU Intervention: Formalisation 6. The Impact of EU Intervention 7.
Welfare Weights 8. Social Discount Rates 9. Shadow Wage Rates Part 4:
Theoretical Insights and Policy Implications 10. Theoretical Insights and
Extensions 11. Insights and Methodological Directions for the Case Studies