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The purpose of benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is to determine the net benefits of potential projects by cataloging the impacts of the projects, quantifying those impacts, and converting them into monetary terms. This course will focus on the use and application of BCA, including the economic rationale for BCA, basic principles for assessing the economic effects of projects, techniques for valuing health and environmental impacts, intergenerational and philosophical concerns as they relate to BCA, social discounting, risk, and uncertainty.