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This suggests that a reevaluation of the costs and
benefits
of FDI was already underway, led, interestingly enough, by developed countries, which in the past had championed liberalization of entry and operational conditions for foreign investors and their protection under international law.
We have to prioritize, which is what an economic analysis of costs and
benefits
can do.
A dollar spent on this program produces
benefits
of $14, making it a highly cost-effective policy.
In the United Kingdom, a pilot study on stronger enforcement of existing rules showed that assaults could be reduced in a very cost-effective way, with the
benefits
outweighing the costs by 17 to one.
Because insiders gain the full
benefits
that arise through lobbying for lax corporate governance rules, while their firms bear most of the costs of such lobbying, insiders have an advantage in the competition for influence over politicians.
The payer
benefits
from this system, because risk sharing minimizes the cost of failure.
Whenever technological or other changes allow for people to be compensated for the
benefits
that they confer on one another (minus the costs), the price-based market system can adjust.
When the changes create externalities, economic restructuring is required – say, adjustments in taxes and subsidies, regulatory shifts, or property-rights upgrading – to offset the costs and
benefits
for which the market cannot compensate.
This approach is based on the assumption that, if everyone is fully compensated for the net
benefits
that they confer on others, individuals pursuing their own self-interest will, as Adam Smith put it, be led, “as if by an invisible hand,” to serve the public interest as well.
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.
Al-Nusra also
benefits
from its links with other groups that share its desire to rid Syria of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
In Southeast Asia, Hong Kong benefits, first and foremost, from a business culture that is unencumbered by either red tape or corruption.
That choice should be based on a comparison of the proposed targets’ economic, social, and environmental costs and
benefits.
The result is a temporary increase in budget deficits; the fiscal
benefits
appear only when private schemes start taking over pension liabilities from the state-run systems.
Many even believe that their contributions accrue to an individual, capitalized, account, rather than financing the
benefits
paid to current pensioners.
The second step is to build a quantitative model of the uncertainties in such decisions, including the various triggers, consequences, controls, and mitigants, as well as the different costs, benefits, and risks involved.
Moreover, domestic economies do not provide the diversification
benefits
that countries dependent on single-commodity revenue streams seek.
At the same time, the expected
benefits
of having SWFs as shareholders – that is, of having a long, stable investor – might simply be a mirage, which disappears precisely when that stability is most needed: during a global financial crisis.
All of them calculate the costs and
benefits
of their proposed solutions, and will compete to convince a panel of five world-class economists, including three Nobel laureates, that they have the very best solutions.
Although he claims to oppose economic liberalism, he is a product of the political liberties that it promotes and feeds on the
benefits
generated by the market economy.
Thus, despite official speeches intended to support state intervention, Morales’s government
benefits
mainly from the workings of the market.
The
benefits
of microfinance are in danger of being over-hyped – there are not that many successful micro-businesses that the poor can start solely with the help of loans, because skills and management abilities are also often necessary.
Nevertheless, the
benefits
are real: while there is little evidence that microfinance sets substantial numbers of poor people on the path to riches, it does help the poor save, smooth consumption, deal with emergencies, and expand existing businesses.
These are not trivial
benefits.
But, despite all these benefits, politicians are generally unwilling to accept that money can be earned honestly from those at the bottom of the income pyramid.
In fact, since 1970, aggregate labor compensation (wages plus fringe benefits) has grown only a little more slowly than aggregate profits have, and average wage growth at the bottom of the income scale has not slowed relative to the “middle class.”
They can no longer fill an important role in their family, community, or country, and the perception that high earners are not paying their fair share, while others receive
benefits
without working magnifies their sense of injustice.
For every dollar invested in childhood immunizations, for example, developing countries realize $44 in economic
benefits.
There is one more misperception clouding donor countries’ judgment: the idea that aid to developing countries is an act of sheer generosity, with no tangible
benefits
for the donor.
The Obama administration seems to understand the potential
benefits
of such a “joint rebalancing,” with the EU-US statement on the Asia-Pacific region issued last July suggesting a move toward policy coordination.
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