A domestic firm is considering a project which has, at market prices and before tax, a present value of benefits of $2000 and a present value of costs of $1000. If the project goes ahead, business income tax with a present value of $200 will be paid to the host country, domestic labour which would otherwise be unemployed will be paid wages with a present value of $250 for working on the project (the wage bill is included in the $1000 input costs referred to above), and pollution caused by the project will reduce the value of output elsewhere in the host countrys economy by $240. It is estimated that the opportunity cost of otherwise, unemployed labour is a fifth of the market wage.

a)

Assuming that the owners of the firm are also part of the Referent Group, what are the net present values generated by:

i) the project/market benefit-cost analysis? (1 mark)

ii) the private benefit-cost analysis? (1 mark)

iii) the efficiency benefit-cost analysis? (1 mark)

iv) the aggregate referent group benefit-cost analysis? (1 mark)

b) Complete the following Table for the above project by entering the values under appropriate columns for each individual stakeholder:

Classification of Net Benefits

	Net Benefits Accruing to: Referent Group	Net Benefits Accruing to: Non-Referent Group
Net Benefits Measured by Market Prices
Net Benefits not Measured by Market Prices