Cost overruns and demand shortfalls – deception or selection?
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- Eliasson, Jonas & Fosgerau, Mogens, 2013. "Cost overruns and demand shortfalls – Deception or selection?," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 105-113.
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Keywords
cost overruns; cost escalation; forecast accuracy; cost-benefit analysis; appraisal; selection bias; winner’s curse;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
- R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
- R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2013-09-28 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-PPM-2013-09-28 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
- NEP-TRE-2013-09-28 (Transport Economics)
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