Reflections — Looking back at social discounting policy: The influence of papers, presentations, political preconditions, and personalities

Over the past 15 years, government guidelines on social discounting for benefit–cost analysis have been updated in many different countries. These updates appear to reflect the influence of important academic contributions recommending the use of a declining term structure of discount rates. Using q...

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Main Authors: Groom, B, Hepburn, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017