Benefit-cost analysis as applied to insect pest control programs

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dc.contributor.authorNeal, Ronald Bruceen
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-07T15:31:10Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-07T15:31:10Zen
dc.date.issued1974en
dc.description.abstractA benefit-cost outline designed to evaluate the social value of on-going and proposed forest insect control programs is presented. Chapter two briefly discusses some economic concepts used in benefit-cost analysis. Those discussed are: consumer's surplus, social discount rate, shadow prices, characteristics of social costs, characteristics of social benefits, external effects, and risk and uncertainty. Chapters three and four discuss, respectively, the identification and measurement of social costs and benefits. Chapter five discusses the relative merits of using present net worth and the internal rate of return in evaluating pest control programs. It also discusses decision criteria under different circumstances. Finally, in chapter six, the advantages and disadvantages of benefit-cost analysis are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 87 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65050en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 38981107en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1974.N4en
dc.titleBenefit-cost analysis as applied to insect pest control programsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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