Burning fossil fuels also has significant benefits, and we should weigh those benefits against the costs.

We have to prioritize, which is what an economic analysis of costs and benefits can do.

What are the likely costs and benefits of stimulus versus consolidation?

This would allow us to understand better the technology s risks, costs, and benefits.

Although exiting the monetary union would have yielded considerable benefits, Grexit would have entailed sizeable costs as well.

That choice should be based on a comparison of the proposed targets economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits.

The conclusion is clear the costs of corruption far outweigh the benefits and not only in China.

I think we form social networks because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs.

The social benefits of Myriad s slightly earlier discovery have been dwarfed by the costs that its callous pursuit of profit has imposed.

Though it is extremely difficult to estimate the precise costs and benefits, it is safe to say that such measures are likely to be highly cost effective.

Economists are not certain whether there are short run costs or benefits to rapid fiscal consolidation.

But any further move toward interest rate liberalization must account for all potential costs and benefits.

The teams that drafted each paper identified the costs and benefits of the smartest ways to spend money within their area.

Indeed, Iran s leaders, weighing the costs and benefits, have plenty of good reasons not to cross that red line.

There are plenty of other possible gender equality targets that seem unquestionably good, but for which we do not have cost benefit estimates.

Greece should have been told that it could reap the benefits of devaluation, while the international community would act to minimize the attendant costs.

So, if you include the costs of holding cash safely and include the benefits of check writing it makes sense to accept a negative return.

They may please farmers and other interest groups, but overall they simply drive up costs and reduce already minimal benefits.

Investment in statistical capacity would help governments and businesses worldwide to make better policy decisions, based on a more accurate accounting of the associated costs and benefits.

Transaction costs and efficiency

For example, ensuring that women have equal rights to inherit, sign a contract, register a business, or open a bank account would cost little, but could have far reaching economic benefits.

Salaries and Benefits Section

C. Transaction costs and efficiency

By offering conditional approval of the Keystone XL, Obama could advance the pipeline s very genuine diplomatic and economic benefits, while reducing its environmental costs.

Over the next two months the IPCC will release further reports detailing the human and economic impacts of probable climate change and the costs and benefits of combating it.

Income on equity is subdivided into ( i ) distributed income ( dividends and distributed branch profits ) , and ( ii ) reinvested earnings and undistributed branch profits .

With these questions in mind, the Copenhagen Consensus (which I direct) asked some of the world s top economists to assess the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of many different targets.

Dividends and distributed profit 2.1.1.2 .

As a result, their costs and risks are lower.

And that can have dramatic costs for us.

The economic and political cost would be too high.

An analysis of the costs and benefits of the policy in 2010 by climate economist Richard Tol showed that the annual price tag would be around 210 billion.

The benefits of doing so rarely outweigh the costs lost campaign contributions, accusations of anti Semitism, charges of betraying a close ally ( the only democracy in the Middle East ), and so on.

In other words, because you reap all of the benefits, but suffer only part of the costs, you are tempted to over exploit the resource.

In this mood, people are more willing to discount nationalism s costs, because they have come to doubt the benefits of its liberal capitalist rival.

And this leads to very high handling costs.

Reinvested earnings and undistributed profit 2.1.2 .

Markets are generally efficient if companies revenues correctly reflect all the benefits that their output bestows on third parties, while their costs reflect all the harms.

And the benefit to the sponsors is the sum of the publicity and societal benefits over the long term.

Working out the costs and benefits of a program to improve women's rights is not easy, but analyses by my think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus, offer some valuable insights.

What ultimately determines the firm s choice is a whole series of subjective evaluations of the likelihood of different scenarios, alongside a calculation of their costs and benefits.

They question whether people can enjoy the benefits of globalization while being sheltered from its costs and what alternatives there are to the market fundamentalism that has defined capitalism since the late twentieth century.

But the costs were terrifying.

The Economic Costs of Fear

For those events to happen it will be necessary to return to the UN Security Council and get agreement.