Why It Is Difficult to Use Cost-Benefit Surveys to Evaluate

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Multiple Choice

Why it is difficult to use cost-benefit surveys to evaluate government projects

• A)Respondents to cost-benefit surveys are unable to evaluate the effect of the project on their personal satisfaction.
• B)Respondents to cost-benefit surveys are typically not benefited directly by government projects.
• C)Respondents to cost-benefit surveys have a difficult time identifying explicit costs.
• D)Respondents to cost-benefit surveys have little incentive to tell the truth.

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