Risk-adjusted gamma discounting

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Weitzman, Martin L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Discounting; Distant future; Gamma discounting; Risk adjusted

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM; DISCOUNT RATES; DISCOUNTING; DRIVING FORCES; MARGINAL UTILITY; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL GROWTH; RISK AVERSION;

PRODUCTIVITY; RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCOUNT RATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954864654     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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