Project appraisal and planning for overdeveloped countries: II. Shadow pricing under uncertainty |
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Authors: | Colin Price |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Forestry and Wood Science, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK |
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Abstract: | In the uncertainty that surrounds the future availability of nonrenewable natural resources and the efficacy of technological advance, the economic costing of resources should be undertaken probabilistically. While optimistic assumptions entail little change from the costing procedures used in conventional cost-benefit analysis, even moderately pessimistic assumptions lead to a much increased cost for nonrenewable resources. These lead in turn to a reappraisal of the value of investment and of the cost ascribed to other factors of production. Even when optimistic assumptions are deemed the more plausible, a utility-maximizing evaluation may still give more emphasis to pessimism. |
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Keywords: | Nonrenewable resources Cost-benefit analysis Probabilistic analysis Shadow prices Technological advance |
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