Evaluating intergenerational risks

DOI10.1016/j.jmateco.2016.05.005zbMath1368.91161OpenAlexW2284092124MaRDI QIDQ306748

Stéphane Zuber, Geir B. Asheim

Publication date: 1 September 2016

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/53053

zbMATH Keywords

critical-level utilitarianismdecision-making under riskpopulation ethicssocial discountingsocial evaluation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Mathematical economics (91B99) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76) Social choice (91B14)

Related Items (8)

Sustainable social choice under risk ⋮ Fair management of social risk ⋮ Cesàro average utilitarianism in relativistic spacetime ⋮ Sustainable growth ⋮ Foundations of utilitarianism under risk and variable population ⋮ A soul's view of the optimal population problem ⋮ Rank-additive population ethics ⋮ The ethics of intergenerational risk

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