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Boardman, A., Greenberg, D., Vining, A., Weimer, D. (2008) Cost-benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice (4th Ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.

Brent, R. (2006). Applied Cost Benefit Analysis (2nd Ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Campbell, H. and Brown, R. (2003). Benefit-Cost Analysis: Financial and Economic Appraisal using Spreadsheets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Connolly, S. and Munro, A. (1999). Economics of the Public Sector. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall, Chapter 7: Cost-benefit Analysis.

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Graves, P. (2007). Environmental Economics: A Critique of Benefit-Cost Analysis. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.

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Hanley, N. Barbier, E., Bugas, J. (2009). Pricing Nature: Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

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Mallard, G. and Glaister, S. (2008). Transport Economics. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. Chapter 13: Project Appraisal: Cost Benefit Analysis.

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Snell, M. (1997). Cost Benefit Analysis for Engineers and Planners. London: Thomas Telford Ltd.

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This resource was created by Dr Dan Wheatley. The project was funded by the Economics Network and the Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE) as part of the Teaching and Learning Development Projects 2010/11.