Discounting, distribution and disaggregation: Discount rates for the rich and the poor with climate as a source of utility

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 440-459

  Yamaguchi, Rintaro ^a  

^a NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; EQUITY; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 84881361147     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjpe.12018     Document Type: Article

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