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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Criminol. 2015 Feb 14;11(2):165–192. doi: 10.1007/s11292-014-9226-3

Table 4.

Benefit-cost analysis of CTC through Grade 12

CTC effects through Grade 12
Sensitivity analysis: Developer involvement adjustment - Effects reduced by 50%
95% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval
Total [low; high] Total [low; high]
Benefits
    Participants $943 [$919; $967] $486 [$467; $506]
    Taxpayers $1085 [$1070; $1100] $562 [$550; $574]
    Othersa $1629 [$1605; $1653] $836 [$813; $859]
    DWCb $820 [$803; $837] $421 [$410; $433]
    Total $4477 [$4413; $4540] $2305 [$2254; $2357]
Costs ($556) [($551); ($561)] ($556) [($551); ($561)]
Net present value $3920 [$3857; $3984] $1749 [$1698; $1801]
Benefit-cost ratioa 8.22 [8.08; 8.36] 4.23 [4.13; 4.33]
Internal rate of return 21% 12%
% of Monte Carlo runs in which NPV > $0 100% 99%
Years to investment breakeven point 9 13
a

This category includes benefits to crime victims and private health insurance companies.

b

This category includes benefits related to the deadweight cost (DWC) of taxation, second-hand smoking benefits, and avoided household production losses when early mortality is reduced.