Index 



absolute group wants, 54 



accounting costs, 141, 200; defined, 



200n; differences in, 207-11 

 Ackerman, Edward A., vi 

 agriculture (see also farm prices): in- 

 vestment, financing of (1955), 82; 

 sources of capital for, 83 

 Alabama-Coosa river system: congres- 

 sional authorization for develop- 

 ment of, 173; data, insufficiency of, 

 181-82, 18In, 197; equity consider- 

 ations in, 192, 196; federal projects 

 authorized for construction, 180n; 

 and Hells Canyon case, compari- 

 son and summary of problems, 

 268-71; physical features of, 172; 

 problems of interdependence, solu- 

 tions of, 180; public interest in 

 development of, 172; 

 Alabama Power Company (inte- 

 grated) development plan, 175- 

 81: 

 and Allatoona project, headwater 

 benefits from, 180, I8O71, 195-96; 

 controlled surcharge storage, pro- 

 visions for, 177, 178, 182-83, 186; 

 economic efficiency of, 183, 196, 



197-98; 

 factor inputs and project output, 



relation between, 192n; 

 flood control costs, recouping of, 



192-96, 198; 

 flood control provisions, 177-78, 



182-83; 

 as a multiple purpose develop- 

 ment plan, 178-80, Fig., 179; 

 navigation locks, provision for, 



178. 182; 

 and nonmarketable services, 184- 

 85, 196; 



Alabama-Coosa river system, cont. 

 Alabama Power Co. plan, cont. 



total structures, 176-77, 19l7J-192n, 

 Table, 177; 

 Corps of Engineers development 

 plan, 172-75, Table, 174: 



capital intensity of, 274; 



evolution of, 185-87; 



navigation locks, cost of, 182, 182n; 



as not economically justified, 191, 

 192n; 



storage for flood control, provi- 

 sions, 186, 186n; 

 efficiency of alternative plans, com- 

 pared, 181-92: 



benefit-cost ratio, under federal 

 development, 188; 



benefit-cost ratio, under private 

 development, 189; 



cost, estimated, compared, 183, 

 183n; 



costs and gains, incremental, un- 

 der federal and private plans, 

 187; 



data available for analysis, 182-83, 

 Table, 184; 



of federal development, alternate 

 plans of, 187-88, 189-92, Tables, 

 188, 191; 



federal and private plans, invest- 

 ment represented by, 191n-192n; 



federal and private plans, paradox 

 of different efficiencies under, 

 189-92; 



generator capacity costs, compared, 

 192n; 



installed generator capacity, com- 

 pared, 183, 191n-192rj; 



private development, alternate 

 plans of, 188-89. Table. 190; 



279 



