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private costs and benefits

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private costs and benefits

Costs and benefits to the individual, business, or government engaged in an economic activity. These may be different from the social costs and benefits of the activity because, for example, a business may not have to pay for the pollution that results from its production.



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However, as GAO has reported, when infrastructure investment decisions are made based on sound evaluations, these options can lead to an appropriate blend of public and private funds to match public and private costs and benefits.
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