  This paper presents the results and the lessons learned on how to apply
ex-ante CBQ for major RDI infrastructures by a team of economists and
scientists at the University of Milan and CSIL during a three-year research
project supported by a EIBURS grant of the European Investment Bank Institute.
Albeit the comprehensive conceptual framework presented in the paper builds on
principles firmly rooted in CBA tradition, their application to the RDI sector
is still in its infancy. So far, the model has been applied on two cases in
physics involving particle accelerators (the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, at
CERN and the National Centre for Oncological Treatment, CNAO, in Italy).
