Discounting and divergence of opinion

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 830-859

  Jouini, Elyès ^a   Marin, Jean Michel ^b   Napp, Clotilde ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Costs and benefits analysis; Discount rate; Discounting; Divergence of opinion; Gamma discounting; Ramsey formula; Yield curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949490783     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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