Cost benefit analysis : report of th 36th Round Table Conference on Transport Economics, Paris, November 29th, 30th, 1976.

The Round Table (21 participants) examined the problems arising from the practical application, from the political standpoint and in the transport sector, of methods of aid to decision-making, such as cost-benefit analyses. The report outlines the difficulties encountered in terms of choice of procedures (lack of data, non-quantifiable problems, choice of methods, etc.), and defines the conditions essential for ensuring efficiency. The report, which is supplemented by a technical document and a bibliography, contains an appendix giving examples as well as a summary of the proceedings.