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49003 Economic Evaluation

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UTS: Engineering: Systems, Management and Leadership
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level: Postgraduate

Result type: Grade and marks


There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Handbook description

This subject deals with the application of economic concepts to engineering decision making. Main topics include: macroeconomic issues and policies; microeconomic market theory; theory of the firm; project evaluation and cost-benefit analysis; intangibles and risk.

Required texts

Baumol, W J and Blinder, A S, Economics: Principles and Policy, Thomson, Australia, 2003 Department of Finance Handbook of Cost–Benefit Analysis, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1991 Mankiew, N G, Principles of Economics, The Dryden Press, Sydney, 1997 McDonald, I M, Macroeconomics, John Wiley and Sons, Brisbane, 1992 Samuelson, P A, et al, Economics, Vol 1 and 2, McGraw Hill, Sydney, 1992

Other resources

Student Guide.