Revisiting Social Discount Rates for Public Investment

This paper aims to estimate the social discount rate (SDR) rather than dig into its theoretical foundation. As SDRs can be derived by investigating both the rate of return on investment and the social time preference rate, we estimate the marginal productivity of both private and public capital and...

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Main Author: SONG, JOON HYUK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2017-05-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2017.39.2.75