TY - BOOK AU - Nyborg,Karine TI - The ethics and politics of environmental cost-benefit analysis T2 - Routledge explorations in environmental economics SN - 9780203117613 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2012/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Environmental protection KW - Estimates and costs KW - Environmental policy KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Political ethics KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-126) and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. The purpose of a project analysis -- 3. Types of analysis -- 4. Efficiency -- 5. Utility -- 6. Social welfare -- 7. Equal welfare weights -- 8. Benefits measured in environmental units -- 9. Disagreement -- 10. Willingness to pay for the social good -- 11. The main message so far -- 12. Democratic decision-making -- 13. Sufficient background information -- 14. Indicators -- 15. Politicians' attitudes to CBA -- 16. What to do? -- 17. Concluding remarks; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203117613 ER -