Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: ECON 003 with a grade of C- or better; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior
Description: Provides the skills needed to be producers and critical consumers of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). Studies the basic methodological tools needed to conduct a CBA. Engages with key conceptual issues related to risk and uncertainty, intergenerational discounting, inequality, and the value of human life.