AS.440.622.81 Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
AS.440.622.81
Course Description
This course will provide students with an understanding of the principles and practice of benefit- cost analysis. Students will learn how to develop and apply benefit-cost techniques to evaluate public policies and specific projects. Topics include standard benefit-cost analysis techniques, long-term discounting, analysis in the presence of uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, and distributional concerns. Instruction will consist of a mix of lectures and class discussion.
Prerequisites: 440.601 Microeconomic Theory and Policy; 440.606 Econometrics.
Course Learning Objectives or Goals
This course will provide students with an understanding of the principles and practice of benefit- cost analysis. Students will learn how to develop and apply benefit-cost techniques to evaluate public policies and specific projects. Topics include standard benefit-cost analysis techniques, long-term discounting, analysis in the presence of uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, and distributional concerns.
When you complete the course successfully, you will:
• know how to identify and separate economic consequences and welfare changes into gains and losses, identify the respective groups, and aggregate these changes to reach conclusions about economic efficiency,
• understand alternative approaches to estimating the benefits and costs of policies and projects and be able to evaluate the relative merits of those approaches,
• know how benefits, costs, and economic impacts are defined, measured, and quantitatively characterized in an economic analysis,
• know how to critically interpret, assess, and critique benefit-cost analyses performed by others, and
• be able to conduct applied benefit-cost analysis and reach empirical conclusions about efficiency.
Course Materials
The required textbook is Boardman, Anthony E., David H. Greenberg, Aidan R. Vining, and David L. Weimer (BGVW). 2018. Cost- Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 5th ed.
Pearson/Prentice- Hall.
Additional readings will supplement the text.
Specific Technology Requirements for Course
• Access to a computer
o Access to Internet
o Browser: download and install Chrome and Firefox for PCs. Safari for Mac computers.
o Updated JAVA. Adobe Flash Player system plug-in.
• Access to Microsoft Word or an equivalent word processing program.
• Access to Microsoft Excel or an equivalent spreadsheet program.
• Access to Stata or an equivalent statistical software program.
Technological Skills Requirements for Course
To successfully complete this course, you must be able to
• work with computers;
• navigate in and use Blackboard; the Blackboard Student Orientation course on your “My Institution” page;
• open, create, edit, and save MS Word or an equivalent word processing program documents (seeMS Word training and tutorialsfor PC users (all versions) andWord Helpfor Mac users);
• open, create and save MS Excel or an equivalent program spreadsheets;
• use Stata or an equivalent statistical software program, including the ability to open,
create, and save data files and execute statistical models;
• send e-mails;
• upload and download files;
• use browsers and Internet;
• participate on the Discussion Board and chats sessions;
• use the Internet for research.
Learner Expectations
This course is 14 weeks in length and includes individual, group, and whole group activities in a weekly cycle of instruction. Each week begins on a Wednesday and ends on the following Wednesday. Please review the course syllabus thoroughly to learn about specific course outcomes and requirements.
Each week, you will complete readings that may include videos, multimedia presentations, web- based resources, and articles from professional journals. A reading may be integrated within an activity during the week or provide some key information to assist your learning.
In this course, you will also experience online learning activities, which include discussion boards.
Be sure to refer to the Student Checklist each week, which provides a week-at-a-glance and shows targeted dates for the completion of activities.
General
This course adheres to all University policies described in the academic catalog. Please pay close attention to the following policies:
Academic Conduct
All JHU students assume an obligation to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the Johns Hopkins University's mission as an institution of higher education and with accepted standards of ethical and professional conduct. Students must demonstrate personal integrity and honesty at all times in completing classroom assignments and examinations, in carrying out their fieldwork or other applied learning activities, and in their interactions with others. Students are obligated to refrain from acts they know or, under the circumstances, have reason to know will impair their integrity or the integrity of the University. Students and faculty in Advanced Academic Programs are required to adhere to the academic integrity guidelines and process laid out in theGraduate Academic Misconduct Policy. Refer to the website for more information regarding the academic misconduct policy.
If you use Safe Assign or Turnitin or any other plagiarism detection tool add the following: Please note that student work may be submitted to an online plagiarism detection tool at the discretion of the course instructor. If student work is deemed plagiarized, the course instructor will follow the policy and procedures governing academic misconduct.
Ethics & Plagiarism
JHU Ethics Statement: The strength of the university depends on academic and personal integrity. In this course, you must be honest and truthful. Ethical violations include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition. Report any violations you witness to the instructor.
Read and adhere to JHU'sNotice on Plagiarism.
Copyright Policy
All course materials are the property of JHU and are to be used for the student's individual academic purpose only. Any dissemination, copying, reproducing, modification, displaying, or transmitting of any course material content for any other purpose is prohibited, will be considered misconduct under theJHU Copyright Compliance Policy, and may be cause for disciplinary action. In addition, encouraging academic dishonesty or cheating by distributing information about course materials or assignments which would give an unfair advantage to others may violate AAP'sCode of Conductand the University'sStudent Conduct Code. Specifically, recordings, course materials, and lecture notes may not be exchanged or distributed for commercial purposes, for compensation, or for any purpose other than use by students enrolled in the class. Other distributions of such materials by students may be deemed to violate the above University policies and be subject to disciplinary action.
Student Conduct Code
The fundamental purpose of the Johns Hopkins University's (the "University" or "JHU") regulation of student conduct is to promote and to protect the health, safety, welfare, property, and rights of all members of the University community as well as to promote the orderly operation of the University and to safeguard its property and facilities. As members of the University community, students accept certain responsibilities which support the educational mission and create an environment in which all students are afforded the same opportunity to succeed academically.
For a full description of the code please visit theStudent Conduct Code Web Page
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
If you are a student with a documented disability who requires an academic adjustment,
auxiliary aid or other similar accommodations, please contact Talia Varone
For more information please visit theDisabilities Services website.
Dropping the Course
You are responsible for understanding the university's policies and procedures regarding withdrawing from courses found in the current catalog. You should be aware of the current
deadlines according to theAcademic Calendar.
Getting Help
You have a variety of methods to get help on Blackboard. Please consult the resource listed in the "Blackboard Help" link for important information. If you encounter technical difficulty in completing or submitting any online assessment, please immediately contact the designated help desk listed on theAAP online support page. Also, contact your instructor at the email address listed in the syllabus.
Title IX Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting
As an instructor, one of my responsibilities is to help create a safe and inclusive learning environment on our campus. I also have mandatory reporting responsibilities related to my role as a Responsible Employee under the Sexual Misconduct Policy & Procedures (which prohibits sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking), as well as the General Anti- Harassment Policy (which prohibits all types of protected status based discrimination and harassment). It is my goal that you feel able to share information related to your life experiences in classroom discussions, in your written work, and in our one-on-one meetings. I will seek to keep information you share private to the greatest extent possible. However, I am required to share information that I learn of regarding sexual misconduct, as well as protected status based harassment and discrimination, with the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE). For a list of individuals/offices who can speak with you confidentially, please see Appendix B of theJHU
Sexual Misconduct Policies and Laws.
For more information on both policies mentioned above, please see:JHU Relevant Policies, Codes, Statements and Principles. Please also note that certain faculty and other University community members also have a duty as a designated Campus Safety Authority under the Clery Act to notify campus security of certain crimes, as well as a duty under State law and University policy to report suspected child abuse and/or neglect.
Diversity
Johns Hopkins is a community committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence. We firmly believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of students, faculty, and staff and by creating a climate of respect that is supportive of their success. This climate for diversity, inclusion, and excellence is critical to attaining the best research, scholarship, teaching, health care, and other strategic goals of the Health System and the University. Taken together these values are recognized and supported fully by the Johns Hopkins Institutions leadership at all levels. Further, we recognize that the responsibility for excellence, diversity, and inclusion lies with all of us at the Institutions: leadership, administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information on JHU's commitment to diversity, please visit theDiversity at
JHUwebsite.
Course Evaluation
Please remember to complete an online course evaluation survey for this course. These evaluations are an important tool in the ongoing efforts to improve instructional quality and strengthen programs. The results of the course evaluations are kept anonymous - your instructor will only receive aggregated data and comments for the entire class. An email with a link to the online course evaluation form will be sent to your JHU email address close to the end of the semester.
Course Policies
Document Submission Policies
Assignment and activity due dates are listed in this syllabus and the weekly checklists. Assignment due dates can also be found within the Assignment Guidelines area of your online classroom. Changes to any due dates will be posted as an announcement in Blackboard.
When creating files for submission, include your name and the name of the assignment in the file title. For example: cdockins_assignment1.doc. Please be sure to include only one period, between the file name and the extension, in file names.
Handwritten work should be scanned and sent as a .pdf document. Graphs should be pasted into the answer document or scanned and sent as a .pdf document. Some assignments require spreadsheets to be returned.
The instructors will aim to return assignments to you within 7- 14 days following the due date, depending on the length of the assignment. You will receive feedback under the My Grades link on the left hand menu of your course.
Acceptable Document and Citation Formats
There is no specific format required for citing your work. However, students are expected to be consistent in their formatting using a commonly acceptable style (for example, MLA, APA, or Chicago) and to provide enough information so that the work cited can be easily identified.
Late Assignment Policy
You are expected to contact your instructor in advance if you think you cannot meet an assignment deadline. However, if an assignment is late and prior arrangements have not been made with the instructor, the assignment score will be reduced by 10% for each late day.
Late Discussion Board Postings
You are expected to log into the Blackboard at least three times a week, though a daily check-in is recommended. It is your responsibility to read all announcements and discussion postings within your assigned forums. You should revisit the discussion multiple times over the week to contribute to the dialogue. You are expected to contact your instructors in advance if you think you cannot participate in the weekly discussion and accommodations can be arranged. However, discussion postings will not be accepted if prior arrangements have not been made.
Course Participation
You are expected to log into the Blackboard at least (three) times a week, though a daily check- in is recommended. It is your responsibility to read all announcements and discussion postings within your assigned forums. You should revisit the discussion multiple times over the week to contribute to the dialogue.
Changes to the Course
Frequently, you will find new announcements posted in the Announcements, which contain information about current course activities that you are working on and any changes to the course, which may include changes to readings or assignments. Please check announcements every time that you log into Blackboard.
Communicating with Others
The majority of communication will take place within the Discussion forums. When you have a question about an assignment or a question about the course, please contact your instructor, or post your question in the course’s “Syllabus & Assignment Question” forum.
Contacting the Instructor
The instructors for this course are Charles Griffiths ([email protected]) and
Chris Dockins ([email protected]).
Feel free to contact your instructors with comments, questions, and concerns. Please be sure to include both instructors on all correspondence. You should receive a response within 24-48 hours, aside from weekends.
Email is the most reliable way to contact your instructors. Phone calls may be made for emergencies. All email messages will be sent to you via your JHU email account, so you should be in the habit of checking that account every day or you should ensure that your JHU email account forwards messages to another account of your choice.
Requirements for Sending E-mail Messages
When you send an e-mail message to the instructor or to another participant in the course,
please observe the following guidelines:
• Include the title of the course in the subject field (e.g., JHU Qualitative Research methods).
• Keep messages concise, and check spelling and grammar.
• Send longer messages as attachments.
• Sign your full name (the sender’s email is not always obvious).
Getting Help
You have a variety of methods to get help on Blackboard. Please consult the help listed in the
"Blackboard Help" link for important information. If you encounter technical difficulty in completing or submitting any online assessment, immediately contact the 24 help desk at 855- 593-0086 oronline academic support live chat.You should also contact your instructor at the email address listed atop this syllabus.
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