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... 125 A p p e n d i x A This appendix explains how to calculate consumer surplus and how the rule of half principle can be applied in determining benefits in multimodal contexts. It is simpler than the alternative -- the logsum approach.
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... 126 Guide for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor investments Supply, Sij0 Short run demand CCost, Ij New Users: (T1 –T0)
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... Rule of Half principle, Consumer Surplus, producer Surplus, Kaldor-Hicks Criterion, and Financial Versus economic BCA 127 A.2 Kaldor-Hicks Criterion The Kaldor and Hicks joint criterion suggest that a policy change is an improvement if the "winners" could fully compensate the "losers" and still be better off themselves. It is otherwise known as the Potential Pareto Improvement Criterion.
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... 128 Guide for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor investments References 1. Button, K

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