Course Green Sheet
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Course Content:This course covers a sequence of methods of economic analysis. They
are representive of the type of analysis economists are required to
carry out. The sequence starts with the conceptually easiest method,
fiscal impact analysis and ends with the conceptually most difficult, cost
benefit analysis. These techniques are:
This technique constructs estimates of the impact of a project, such as
a housing development, on the revenue and costs of local government.
This is a population forecasting method. Future population is forecast
by estimating by age group the survivors from the present population. Birth
are forecast on the basis of the female population by age group and the
age group specific fertility rates.
This method was developed to determine the interindustry effects of a
change in demand for the product of one industry on the production of all
the rest of the industries. The same methods, however, may be used to
determine the effect on interrelated regions of a change in production
in one of those regions. Likewise the interrelationships among countries
can be analyzed using these methods.
This method is the determining the financial feasibility of a project,
such as a dam or highway.
This method estimates the monetary equivalent of the benefits of the
project, to whomsoever they accrue and compares it with the money
value of the costs, to whomsoever they accrue. This involves, among other
things, determining the present value of the benefits and costs.
Water Development Projects:
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State of California, ECONOMIC PRACTICES MANUAL