Discount rates, social judgments, individuals' risk preferences, and uncertainty

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-143

  Kaplow, Louis ^a,c   Weisbach, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Discount rate; Policy assessment under uncertainty; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952621052     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9108-7     Document Type: Article

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