Discounting the distant future: How much does model selection affect the certainty equivalent rate?

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 641-656

  Groom, Ben ^a   Koundouri, Phoebe ^b   Panopoulou, Ekaterini ^c,d   Pantelidis, Theologos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 34248196106     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.937     Document Type: Article

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