Social discount rates for six major countries

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 557-560

  Evans, David J ^a   Sezer, Haluk ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCOUNT RATE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PLANNING METHOD; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 3442884304     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048504200028007     Document Type: Article

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