Discounting under uncertainty: Disentangling the Weitzman and the Gollier effect

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 573-582

  Traeger, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Discounting; Term structure; Uncertainty; Weitzman Gollier puzzle

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; DISCOUNTING; TERM STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY; WEITZMAN-GOLLIER PUZZLE;

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888199643     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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