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On the Differences Between the Commercial and Economic Profitability of a Project

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The economic profitability of a project is derived from it's commercial profitability by making two adjustments. First, an adjustment needs to be made for the change in.the sum of consumers' surplus arid factor rents. Second, an adjustment has to be made for the change in tax revenues and subsidies. Conventional practice ignores the former adjustment and mistakenly asstimes that the taxes or subsidies paid by the project

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  • Van de Wetering, H. Ike, 1990. "On the Differences Between the Commercial and Economic Profitability of a Project," ISU General Staff Papers 199002010800001208, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genstf:199002010800001208
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