Intergenerational equity

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 197-222

  Asheim, Geir B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Axiomatic analysis; Equal treatment; Intergenerational preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649729210     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124440     Document Type: Article

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