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Impact and cost–benefit analysis: a unifying approach

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  • Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo

    (Università Degli Studi Di Roma “Tor Vergata”)

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This paper presents a methodology to integrate cost–benefit analysis and SAM-CGE-based impact evaluation. While the two types of analysis have developed in parallel and without a clear connection, there is growing consensus that the two approaches should be integrated for complex investment projects, since their economic evaluation cannot rely solely on the partial equilibrium assumptions of cost–benefit (CB) analysis. Unlike CB analysis, impact evaluation looks at the economy as a complete system of interdependent components (industries, households, investors, government, importers, exporters). By integrating project accounting into a SAM-CGE framework, the methodology developed presents several properties that make it fit to the purpose of providing a reliable assessment of project contribution to the economy.

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  • Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, 2021. "Impact and cost–benefit analysis: a unifying approach," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jecstr:v:10:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1186_s40008-021-00240-w
    DOI: 10.1186/s40008-021-00240-w
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    Keywords

    Social accounting matrix (SAM); Computable general equilibrium models (CGE); Project; Evaluation; Impact analysis; Cost; Benefit analysis;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D57 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Input-Output Tables and Analysis
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis

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