Annual Costs of Investments

Assessing IT-investments: costs, benefits, risks

Many methods aimed at cost-benefit analysis for IT-projects can be found in literature. These all have one thing in common: actual usage is limited. In our view this is due to two factors: the criteria to take into account in the analysis are fixed and the process to support the analysis is lacking or at least flawed. In this paper an approach towards costbenefit analysis will be described that...

Transaction Costs and Institutions: Investments in Exchange∗

This paper proposes a simple model for understanding transaction costs – their composition, size and policy implications. We distinguish between investments in institutions that facilitate exchange and the cost of conducting exchange itself. Institutional quality and market size are determined by the decisions of risk averse agents and conditions are discussed under which the efficient allocati...

Labor Costs and Investments in Human Capital

This study examines the disclosure of labor-related costs by US firms, and estimates the proportion of these costs that are valued as an asset (human capital) by the market. Separate identification of labor-related costs in US financial reports is voluntary, and is made consistently only by about 10% of all US Compustat firms. The probability of disclosure is found to be positively related to f...

Costs and benefits of bicycling investments in Portland, Oregon.

BACKGROUND Promoting bicycling has great potential to increase overall physical activity; however, significant uncertainty exists with regard to the amount and effectiveness of investment needed for infrastructure. The objective of this study is to assess how costs of Portland's past and planned investments in bicycling relate to health and other benefits. METHODS Costs of investment plans ar...

Benefits and Costs of ATP Investments in Component - Based Software