The Angolan economy is highly vulnerable as most state budget incomes originate from oil and gas exporting. On the edge of celebrating fifty years of independence, economic diversification and prosperity still need to be accomplished. The current methodology for prioritizing and selecting public...

In this paper, we develop a new model for government cost-benefit analysis in the presence of risk. In our model, a benevolent government chooses the scale of a risky project in the presence of two key frictions. First, there are market failures, which cause the government to perceive project...

In this paper, we develop a new model for government cost-benefit analysis in the presence of risk. In our model, a benevolent government chooses the scale of a risky project in the presence of two key frictions. First, there are market failures, which cause the government to perceive project...