An agenda for promoting and improving the use of CBA in social policy

Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 249-271

  Weimer, David L ^a   Vining, Aidan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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