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Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice
- A. Boardman, D. Greenberg, A. Vining, D. Weimer
- Economics
- 26 January 1996
Part I: Overview 1. Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis 2. Conceptual Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis Part II: Fundamentals of Cost-Benefit Analysis 3. Basic Microeconomic Foundations of… Expand
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Ownership and Performance in Competitive Environments: A Comparison of the Performance of Private, Mixed, and State-Owned Enterprises
- A. Boardman, A. Vining
- Economics
- The Journal of Law and Economics
- 1 April 1989
THE property rights theory of the firm suggests that public enterprises should perform less efficiently and less profitably than private enterprises. However, the existing empirical evidence actually… Expand
“Just give me a number!” Practical values for the social discount rate
- M. Moore, A. Boardman, A. Vining, D. Weimer, D. Greenberg
- Economics
- 1 September 2004
A major reason the quality of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) varies widely is inconsistent use of the social discount rate (SDR). This article offers guidance about the choice of the SDR. Namely, we… Expand
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 3rd Edition
- A. Boardman, D. Greenberg, A. Vining, D. Weimer
- Medicine
- 2006
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Ownership versus competition: Efficiency in public enterprise
- A. Vining, A. Boardman
- Economics
- 1 March 1992
ConclusionCertainly the introduction of product market competition into potentially competitive or, at least contestable, markets can improve performance. To take just one example, Morrison and… Expand
Public—Private Partnerships
- A. Vining, A. Boardman
- Economics
- 1 October 2008
This article provides eight rules for government concerning the administration of public—private partnerships (P3s). The basis for these rules draws on transaction cost economics. First, however, the… Expand
Public‐private partnerships in Canada: Theory and evidence
- A. Vining, A. Boardman
- Political Science
- 1 March 2008
Abstract: This article develops some theory on and examines the implementation and performance of Canadian public-private partnerships (P3s). It focuses primarily on infrastructure projects and… Expand
The role of agency costs in explaining the superior performance of foreign MNE subsidiaries
- A. Boardman, D. Shapiro, A. Vining
- Business
- 1 June 1997
Many studies find that foreign subsidiaries of multi-national enterprises are more profitable or more productive than firms that operate exclusively in a single domestic market or that produce in and… Expand
The Political Economy of Public�?Private Partnerships and Analysis of Their Social Value
- A. Boardman, A. Vining
- Economics
- 1 June 2012
This article applies political economy theory to public‐private partnerships (PPPs). First, we propose that social welfare is the appropriate normative evaluation criterion to evaluate the social… Expand
Public–private partnerships in the US and Canada: “There are no free lunches”1
- A. Vining, A. Boardman, Finn Poschmann
- Economics
- 1 September 2005
Abstract Governments in many industrialized nations have made concerted efforts to reduce their immediate expenditures and to reduce the cost of major infrastructure projects. Public–private… Expand