Why the far-distant future should be discounted at its lowest possible rate
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Publication:1290263
DOI10.1006/jeem.1998.1052zbMath0924.90049OpenAlexW2078273739MaRDI QIDQ1290263
Publication date: 31 May 1999
Published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/24ec696eb8eb71789b321efb7bf9a0e4a7a36755
Economic growth models (91B62) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)
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