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       FSH 1909.17 - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS HANDBOOK

           CHAPTER 10 - EVALUATING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY

                            Contents


11       MEASURES
11.1     Use of Terms Economic Efficiency, Cost Efficiency, and 
         Cost Effectiveness
11.2     Measures to Rank Alternatives

12       IDENTIFYING INPUTS, OUTPUTS, AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES
12.1     Objectives and Measures for Attainment
12.2     Uncertainty in Production Processes
12.3     Standards for Time Periods
12.4     Standards for Inputs
12.5     Standards for Outputs

13       ANALYZING COSTS
13.1     Costs for Forest Service Activities
13.11    Costs to be Considered
13.12    Standards for Costs
13.2     Fixed and Variable Costs
13.21    Distinguishing Variable Costs
13.22    Use of Variable Costs in Analysis
13.3     Development of Cost Information
13.31    Conducting Informal Cost Surveys
13.32    Using Engineering Cost Estimates
13.33    Analyzing Cost Trends
13.4     Costs in Partial Analysis
13.5     Adjustments for Real Dollar Values

14       ASSESSING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING OUTPUT VALUES
14.04    Responsibility
14.1     Outputs to be Valued
14.11    Specific Outputs to be Valued
14.2     Components of a Market Assessment
14.3     Demand Schedules for National Forest Outputs
14.31    Fixed Value/Demand Limit
14.32    Constructed Demand Curves
14.33    Statistical Demand Equations
14.34    Computation of Derived Demands
14.35    Travel Cost Method
14.4     Projection of Demand
14.5     Selection and Adjustment of Output Values
14.51    Selection of "Type" of Value
14.6     Standards for Values
14.7     Use of Demand and Value Information


15       COMPUTING MEASURES OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
15.1     Discounted Measures: Scarce Resource Opportunities
15.2     Discounted Measures: Scarce Investment Funds
15.3     Relationship between Benefit/Cost Ratio, Present Net Value, 
         Equivalent Annual Income and Internal Rate of Return
15.4     Discount Rates, and Handling Inflation and Risk
15.41    Methods and Standards for Discounting
15.42    Recommended Discount Rates
15.43    Incorporating Inflation
15.44    Incorporating Risk and Uncertainty
15.5     Project Level Economic Analysis

16       USING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSES FOR PROGRAM AND 
         MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
16.1     Sensitivity Testing
16.2     Incremental Analyses
16.3     Analysis of Least Cost Treatment Combinations
16.4     Analysis of Minimum Cost Plus Net Value Change
16.5     Breakeven Analysis