ECON 251B

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Public Projects and Programs

Economics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Presentation of those aspects of applied capital theory that are relevant in decisions concerning investment projects in first part of course. Differences between social and private benefits and costs (shadow prices) for foreign exchange, capital, and labor, with applications to public investment decisions, in second part of course.

S/U or letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 251A.

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ECON 251A

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

ECON 251B

ECON 251ATheory and Policy of Taxation

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.