Última actualización: 11/09/2020


Curso Académico: 2024/2025

Análisis Coste-Beneficio
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Máster Universitario en Economía Industrial y Mercados / Master in Industrial Economics and Markets (Plan: 378 - Estudio: 270)
Escuela de Economía y Ciencia Política


Coordinador/a: MORENO RUIZ, DIEGO

Departamento asignado a la asignatura: Departamento de Economía

Tipo: Obligatoria
Créditos: 6.0 ECTS

Curso:
Cuatrimestre:




Requisitos (Asignaturas o materias cuyo conocimiento se presupone)
Intermediate microeconomics and basic calculus.
Objetivos
- Teaches students the standards of precision and rigor in economic analysis and professional communication. - Emphasizes autonomous and group learning. - Familiarizes students with a set of tools appropriate for cost-benefit analysis. - Teaches students to set up and analyze some the most common applications.
Competencias y resultados del aprendizaje
Descripción de contenidos: Programa
1. Introduction 2. The economic evaluation of social benefits 3. Indirect effects and wider economic benefits 4. Opportunity costs, market and shadow prices 5. Economic valuation of non-marketed goods 6. Discounting and decision criteria 7. Uncertainty and risk analysis 8. Applications
Actividades formativas, metodología a utilizar y régimen de tutorías
-Lectures in which the basic material is presented and discussed. Basic textbook references are provided with to complete and deepen students understanding. - Solving and discussing practical exercises in the classroom as well as problem sets to provide students with feedback on their level of understanding and difficulties. - When applicable, resolution of case studies individually and/or in group. - Discussion in class under instructor moderation of topics. - Production of papers and reports individually or in group.
Sistema de evaluación
  • Peso porcentual del Examen Final 60
  • Peso porcentual del resto de la evaluación 40




Bibliografía básica
  • Boardman, A., D. Greenberg, A. Vining and D. Weimer . Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice. 3rd edition. Prentice Hall. 2005
  • De Rus, Ginés. Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis: Looking for Reasonable Shortcuts. Edward Elgar. 2010
  • Johansson, P-O . An Introduction to Modern Welfare Economics. University Press, Cambridge. 1991
  • Johansson, P.-O.. Cost-Benet Analysis of Environmental Change.. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.. 1993
  • P.-O. Johansson and B.Kriström. Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project Appraisal. Cambridge UP. 2016

El programa de la asignatura podría sufrir alguna variación por causa de fuerza mayor debidamente justificada o por eventos académicos comunicados con antelación.