Discount rates, social judgments, individuals' risk preferences, and uncertainty

DOI10.1007/S11166-010-9108-7zbMath1213.91122OpenAlexW2039641830MaRDI QIDQ539152

Louis Kaplow, David Weisbach

Publication date: 27 May 2011

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-010-9108-7

zbMATH Keywords

discount raterisk preferencesclimate policypolicy assessment under uncertainty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)

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