Povzetek

Namen tega prispevka je opozoriti na nedoslednost in površnost, ki se kažeta v ekonomski literaturi pri pojmovanju v naslovu navedenih kategorij. Ker je slovenščina jezik, ki omogoča natančno strokovno izražanje, je v njem posvečena posebna pozornost tudi vprašanju različnih možnosti razumevanja tistega, kar se skriva za angleškima izrazoma cost-benefit analysis in cost-effectiveness analysis, ter oblikovanju slovenskih izrazov za tisto razumevanje, ki je pri tem bistveno. Obravnavana je tudi vsebina tistega, kar se skriva za angleškima izrazoma output in outcome; poudarjeno je, da je angleški izraz expenditure mnogokrat izenačen z angleškim izrazom expense, kar lahko vodi do zmotnih predstav pri razpravljanju o državnem proračunu.

Summary

The aim of the article is to point out the inconsistency and carelessness of economic literature in expressing the notions and using the terms stated in its title. Since Slovene is a language which allows for and requires exact use of professional expressions, special attention has been paid to the issue of possible various ways of understanding the notion behind the English terms cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in the wish to find the proper Slovene terms expressing the essence of their meaning. Further on, the article deals with the content hidden in the English expressions output and outcome; in addition the article draws reader's attention to the fact that the English term expenditure is often made equivalent with the term expense, which can lead to incorrect conceptions when discussing the national budget.