1. An assessment of important issues concerning the application of benefit-cost analysis to social policy / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer -- 2. Toward standardization of benefit-cost analysis of early childhood interventions / Lynn A. Karoly -- 3. Principles and standards for benefit-cost...

Contents: Preface: Teaching benefit-cost analysis -- Part I: The big picture -- 1. Decision rules / William K. Bellinger -- 2. Triangles and all that / Arnold C. Harberger -- 3. Defining the baseline / Charles Griffiths and Chris Dockins -- 4. The concept of standing in benefit-cost analysis /...