scholarly journals The use of ex post cost-benefit analysis to assess the long-term effects of major infrastructure projects

2014 ◽  
pp. 88-106
Author(s):  
Massimo Florio ◽  
Silvia Vignetti
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Ex Post

A cost-benefit analysis of peer coaching for overhead lift use in the long-term care sector in Canada

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 308-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emile Tompa ◽  
Roman Dolinschi ◽  
Hasanat Alamgir ◽  
Anna Sarnocinska-Hart ◽  
Jaime Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Peer Coaching ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Term Care

Part IX Costs, Funding, and Ideas for Optimization, 28 Optimizing the use of Mediation in International Arbitration: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of ‘Two Hat’ Versus ‘Two People’ Models

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waincymer Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Party Autonomy ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Fairness And Efficiency ◽  
Full Cooperation

This chapter considers the question of whether an arbitrator may also adopt a mediation function or whether the dual roles are antithetical. It tests that hypothesis by engaging in a cost-benefit analysis of differing scenarios when mediation is utilized in an arbitral context. The prime comparison is between parallel mediation with a separate neutral and the alternative of a dual-role neutral. The three key points are: there should be much more mediation occurring at the international level, regarding both potential and actual arbitral disputes; a commercially minded arbitrator concerned for the parties’ good faith should encourage mediation where appropriate, in particular, when an adjudicated outcome will not be in the interests of either, usually because the dispute is a small part of a long-term relationship that can risk that relationship no matter who wins; and, while informed party autonomy should always support a dual-role neutral, in most factual permutations, informed parties could be expected to prefer parallel mediation provided there is full cooperation between mediator and arbitrator. The chapter argues that the relative benefits of the use of dual-role neutrals would be greatly outweighed by the costs in fairness and efficiency, and the inevitable need for a sub-optimal design of either or both dispute processes. The benefits would also be separately outweighed by the risks of significant disruption to any ensuing arbitration if a dual-role neutral fails to achieve a settlement.

Future Generations and the Social Rate of Discount

1973 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 611-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
C A Nash
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Investment Appraisal ◽  
Social Rate ◽  
Irreversible Effects

This paper reexamines the case for discounting for time in public investment appraisal where long-term or irreversible effects on future generations are involved. It is concluded that—while, in the short-term, considerations of equity reinforce the commonly advocated case for discounting for time—in evaluating long-term or irreversible effects, current discounting procedures require the doubtful assumption of perpetual exponential growth of real income. However, if discounting were abandoned, use of the standard cost—benefit-analysis framework would require the forecasting of shadow prices for all future dates, unless an arbitrary time horizon is adopted. Thus cost—benefit analysis does not appear to be a satisfactory method for evaluating effects on future generations.

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