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The material in this section is by its nature political. The emphasis will be on benefit–cost (B/C) analysis of government activities, or more specifically of projects. Arnn (2012) is particularly relevant to this material. This section begins with a philosophical discussion and ends with a mathematical example.
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Chadderton, R.A. (2015). Public Projects (Benefit–Cost Analysis). In: Purposeful Engineering Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18848-5_8
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