The social discount rate for canada based on future growth in consumption

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-343

  Boardman, Anthony E ^a   Moore, Mark A ^b   Vining, Aidan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Shadow price of capital; Social discount rate; Time declining discount rates

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; INVESTMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 77957003642     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.36.3.325     Document Type: Article

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