THE ROLE OF COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS IN PROGRAM BUDGETING,

Abstract

The decision-making process in the Federal Government and program budgeting concepts and analytical techniques which might help sharpen intuition and judgment in making major allocative decisions are discussed. The main purpose of the research is to help improve understanding of the principles of program budgeting, to stimulate others to develop these ideas further, and to accelerate the appli cation of program budgeting in governmental activities. The chapter represented by this Memorandum is concerned with the use of cost-utility analysis as an integral part of the total program budgeting process.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608055

Entities

People

  • G. H. Fisher

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Governments
  • Integrals
  • Judgment
  • Mathematics
  • Mental Processes

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Theoretical Analysis.