ClassInfo - Spring 2024 Economics Classes

Spring 2024 | ECON 4831 Section 001: Cost-Benefit Analysis (52324)

Instructor(s): Nicola Corbellini
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person
Class Attributes:: Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:: Econ 3101
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024

Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 250
Enrollment Status:: Open (60 of 70 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Fall 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Summer 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Summer 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Summer 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Evaluation of benefits and costs of public projects and programs. Issues connected with definition and measurement of benefits and costs. Rate of return and discount. Market imperfections, risk, uncertainty. Case studies. prereq: (ECON 1101 or ECON 1165, APEC 1101), (ECON 1102 or APEC 1102), ECON 3101, MATH 1271 or equivalent courses approved by the Economics Department
Class Description:: Principles for evaluating benefits and costs of public projects or programs. Issues concerned with definition of benefits and costs. Rate of return, rate of discount. Market imperfections, risk, and uncertainty. Case studies.
Exam Format:: Essay; problem solving
Class Format:: 95% Lecture
5% Discussion
Workload:: 40-55 Pages Reading Per Week
~5-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: may include student presentations
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52324/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 September 2007

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