The words “costs” and “benefits” carry enormous colloquial connotations with them. In general, it is assumed that costs are negative, and to be avoided whenever possible, while benefits are positive events that should be vigorously pursued.
In the context of an engineering economy study of proposed transportation projects, however, both costs and benefits are ultimately the same thing.
The Costs of Transportation for Alternative Economic Analysis
Springer Tracts on Transportation, Traffic
Engineering Economics and Finance for Transportation Infrastructure ; Kapitel : 4 ; 73-111
2013-01-01
39 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Alternative methods for estimating full marginal costs of highway transportation
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