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A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects.

Large particle accelerators, outer space probes, genomics platforms: all are scientific enterprises managed through the new form of the research infrastructure, in which communities of scientists collaborate across nations, universities, research institutions, and disciplines. Such large projects are often publicly funded, with no accepted way to measure the benefits to society of these investments. In this book, Massimo Florio suggests the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large and costly scientific projects.

The core concept of CBA of any infrastructure is to undertake the consistent intertemporal accounting of social welfare effects using the available information. Florio develops a simple framework for such accounting in the research infrastructure context and then offers a sy

Investing in Science Social CostBenefit Analysis

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      Publisher MIT Press Ltd
      Published 15 October 2019
      ISBN-13 9780262043199
      978-0262043199
      ISBN-10 026204319X
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Research methods / methodology Science & Nature Science funding and policy Scientific research

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects.

      Large particle accelerators, outer space probes, genomics platforms: all are scientific enterprises managed through the new form of the research infrastructure, in which communities of scientists collaborate across nations, universities, research institutions, and disciplines. Such large projects are often publicly funded, with no accepted way to measure the benefits to society of these investments. In this book, Massimo Florio suggests the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large and costly scientific projects.

      The core concept of CBA of any infrastructure is to undertake the consistent intertemporal accounting of social welfare effects using the available information. Florio develops a simple framework for such accounting in the research infrastructure context and then offers a sy

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