ECONOMICS OF THE AGROFORESTRY ENVIRONMENT

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

00045L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Rural economy and evaluation

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SALVIONI Cristina

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Microeconomics

Objectives

This course provides a theoretical foundation for conducting evaluation of policies and projects in an international context and teaches practical methods for application in the field.Students will learn the theoretical foundation of cost-benefit analysis, including strategies for valuation, discounting, weighting the distribution of costs and benefits, and addressingrisk and uncertainty.

Contents

Microeconomic Foundations of Cost Benefit Analysis.
Discounting Benefits and Costs in Future Time periods.
Risk and uncertainty.
Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
Valuation Using Observed Behaviour: Direct and Indirect Estimation
Cost benefit analysis in Excel

Extended Syllabus

Microeconomic Foundations of Cost Benefit Analysis.
Discounting Benefits and Costs in Future Time periods.
Net present value and internal rate of return.
Risk and uncertainty.
Social Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Valuation Using Observed Behaviour: Direct and Indirect Estimation. Contingent valuatio, travel cost, edonic price.
Case studies.
Cost benefit analysis in Excel

Recommended Bibliography

COMMISSIONE EUROPEA (2003) Guida all’analisi costi-benefici dei progetti di investimento: Cap. 2, Appendici A, B, D, E, F, G.
GIORGIO CASONI E PAOLO POLIDORI (2002) Economia dell’ambiente e metodi di valutazione. Carocci. Cap. 1 (escluso 1.1 2 1.2); Cap. 2; Cap. 3 (escluso 3.3); 4 (escluso p 4.4); 5 (escluso 5.4 e 5.5); 6 (escluso 6.4).

Boardman, Anthony E., et al. Cost-benefit analysis: concepts and practice. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 48 hours of teaching activity organized in lectures and case studies.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination

Contacts/More Information

Contact by e-mail: salvioni@unich.it

Mutuations

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Course degree in: ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE

Training in:

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