In the cost-benefit calculus, Iran's rulers have already judged it worth building the secret enrichment plant near Qom, worth doing sanctions-busting arms deals with nuclear-testing North Korea and worth continuing to support and train terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
The further cuts are needed because of changes in the council tax benefit scheme and increases in the cost of waste disposal and transport, it is claimed.
The CPI was a more "appropriate" measure for changes in the cost of living of pensioners and benefit recipients than the retail price index (RPI), he said.
His book addresses the argument in cost-benefit terms, and concludes that spending 1-2% of global output to avoid a significant temperature rise is a bargain worth taking a similar conclusion to that in his original 2006 study.
Then, when the agency began to draft rules, it was harassed by Wall Street, Republicans in the House and the insurance industry into justifying it through a tortuous cost-benefit analysis, which has tied it up in bureaucratic purgatory for more than two years.
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The state has spent millions of dollars in capital investment in Rutgers athletic facilities, and the "cost benefit" of that spending needs to be examined, Oliver said during a radio interview on SiriusXM.
Developing countries will have to weigh the cost-benefit of full or partial participation in the globalized economy.
So when California installs a hundred 1-MW wind turbines, the 300 workers in the Arkansas manufacturing plant might really benefit but not so much the local residents in California because the biggest cost in wind is manufacturing, not operations.
Finally, much like the risk equation information security professionals use when deciding what defensive measures to put in place, in essence figuring out if the benefit of a protective measure exceeds its cost (in money, resource time, etc.), attackers are at least subconsciously using a similar mechanism.
Of course, one can only imagine what Iran might do once it has nuclear weapons, and this is part of the cost-benefit analysis Israel must make before launching attacks in the first place.
For example, American deregulation in 1978 has fostered some successful low-cost competition to the benefit of consumers while antitrust laws remain entirely dormant in restraining incumbent carriers from wasteful anticompetitive behaviour against this competition.
Where is the cost and benefit analysis in government expenditure?
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He also criticised the government's cost benefit analysis of the benefits of fitting fire sprinklers in homes as being "out of date".
Thus, the framework for the cost-benefit analysis is not, what would they have done in the private sector versus what would they have done in the public sector?
In private markets, people are likely to acquire levels of education beyond basic literacy and numeracy, so the amount of education that would emerge in the market is probably that for which the marginal benefit is equal to the marginal cost.
And thus the spectacle of slow cross-country trains that should have been allowed to die when Amtrak took over from the freight railroads in 1971 but continue to roll at the cost of vast subsidies with little or no public benefit.
To claim the benefit of his cost basis in the securities sold and the foreign tax credit, he will have to prepare and file a U.S. income tax return for the year of the sale.
But to do so, they have to submit a proposal that is judged to cover the same number of people, for the same cost (or less), with the same benefit and coverage levels as mandated in the law.
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All the cost benefit of buying consumer was erased in one cycle of purchasing in less than 1 year.
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In FDIC assisted acquisitions, the consolidators stand to benefit from cost synergies, a growing deposit base and increased market share.
In addition, a cost-benefit analysis that compares the preventive program relative to status quo remedial programs is key to selecting the program intervention that can succeed in a SIB.
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The higher cost means gourmet coffee drinkers aren't seeing the full benefit of a steep price drop in the past year.
Only in that case will there be an incentive to weigh the cost against the benefit and make an informed decision regarding the trade-offs.
The findings of Mr Hahn and other cost-benefit analysts in America have not passed unchallenged, however.
Journalists, too, make a cost-benefit analysis about the price of that access in terms of what it takes to remain in the good graces of the corporate insiders who can provide it.
John Tsai, the worldwide team leader for Lipitor, argues that Lipitor's efficacy may save insurers cost in the long run, and that his drug clearly provides a benefit over standard of care.
Fresher ideas are identified for opportunities, as a result, and also the business has a better discipline in filtering out some of its own projects in recognizing the true cost implications of what is demanded, versus the overall business benefit.
MoPub published its fourth quarter 2012 marketplace report which showed strong trends with over 50% gains in just two months in eCPMs (effective cost per thousand impressions). iOS had the benefit of not just capturing higher prices but also had a larger increase at 66% vs.
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"Appeals cost far more than actually just giving disabled people the benefit in the first place, " she said.
With human cloning technology just around the corner and enough frozen sperm in the world to already populate many generations, perhaps we should perform a cost-benefit analysis.
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