On not revisiting official discount rates: Institutional inertia and the social cost of carbon

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 547-551

  Sunstein, Cass R ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84901402077     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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