How to Cheat with Cost-Benefit Analysis: Double Count the Benefits

09/14/2021 Gary Galles

Calculating “multiplier effects” is perhaps the most common method of cheating with benefit-cost analysis.

Original Article: “How to Cheat with Cost-Benefit Analysis: Double Count the Benefits“

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