Spine title: Benefit-cost analysis. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Introduction to benefit-cost analysis -- 2. Rationale for benefit-cost analysis -- 3. Aggregation of benefits and costs -- 4. Introduction to financial calculations -- 5. Measures of welfare loss for an individual -- 6. The measurement of aggregate welfare changes -- 7. Calculation of costs and benefits in partial equilibrium -- 8. Applications of benefit-cost analysis (partial equilibrium) to regulatory issues -- 9. Making financial decisions -- 10. Case study of options for sludge disposal -- 11. Accounting for the distribution of benefits and costs -- 12. The ethical foundations of benefit-cost analysis -- 13. The interest rate for public investment decisions -- 14. Case study of the high ross dam -- 15. An introduction to risk -- 16. The incorporation of risk into benefit-cost analysis -- 17. Techniques for analyzing uncertainty -- 18. Introduction to nonmarketed goods -- 19. The cost of risk (the value of life) -- 20. The evaluation of health risks in Bonneville Power's Weatherization Program -- 21. Benefit-cost analysis in general equilibrium -- 22. Government uses of benefit-cost analysis -- 23. The case of the snail darter and the tellico dam.