Cost-Benefit Analysis: Economic, Philosophical, and Legal Perspectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226007634 ISBN 13: 9780226007632

Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals, 2001

Synopsis

Cost-benefit analysis is a widely used governmental evaluation tool, though academics remain skeptical. This volume gathers prominent contributors from law, economics, and philosophy for discussion of cost-benefit analysis, specifically its moral foundations, applications and limitations.

This new scholarly debate includes not only economists, but also contributors from philosophy, cognitive psychology, legal studies, and public policy who can further illuminate the justification and moral implications of this method and specify alternative measures.

These articles originally appeared in the Journal of Legal Studies.

Contributors:
- Matthew D. Adler - Gary S. Becker
- John Broome - Robert H. Frank
- Robert W. Hahn - Lewis A. Kornhauser
- Martha C. Nussbaum - Eric A. Posner
- Richard A. Posner - Henry S. Richardson
- Amartya Sen - Cass R. Sunstein
- W. Kip Viscusi

About this title

About the Author:

Matthew D. Adler is a professor of law at the Unversity of Pennsylvania and co-author of Rethinking Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Eric A. Posner is a professor law at the University of Chicago Law School and author and editor of several books including Law and Social Norms.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0226007634
• ISBN 13: 9780226007632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 345
• Editor: Adler Matthew D., Posner Eric A.