A cardinal utility approach for project evaluation

Abstract The paper describes a technique whereby individual preferences for monetary and non-monetary consequences of public projects might be combined into an aggregate impact index. The technique is built up from an attribute-based model of consumer choice. It can be used as a complete evaluation tool, having certain similarities with matrix evaluation techniques, or as a method of imputing monetary values to particular non-monetary effects.

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