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2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 465 - Benefit-Cost Analysis and Evaluation Methodology


Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): ECON 303  and ECON 308  
College Curriculum: COLL 400
The goal of this course is to provide you with the theoretical foundations and practical skills that you will need to be thoughtful producers and consumers of cost-benefit analyses (or benefit-cost, depending on the author) and other forms of policy evaluation. The class builds on the microeconomic foundations that you learned in Econ 303 and focuses on applying those concepts using skills from Econ 308 to evaluate public policies, particularly through the development of cost-benefit analyses. The class will cover both theoretical topics as well as practical applications. In addition to the analytic tools that you will learn in the course, we will also work on effective communication techniques including written reports and memoranda, preparing effective graphs and figures, and presenting analysis results to an audience. At the end of the semester you should have a deeper understanding about how economic analysis can inform policy development and evaluation.