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Discounting: An eye on the future

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  • Lawrence H. Goulder

    (Stanford University)

  • Robert N. Stavins

    (the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

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How economists' controversial practice of discounting really affects the evaluation of environmental policies.

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  • Lawrence H. Goulder & Robert N. Stavins, 2002. "Discounting: An eye on the future," Nature, Nature, vol. 419(6908), pages 673-674, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:419:y:2002:i:6908:d:10.1038_419673a
    DOI: 10.1038/419673a
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    1. Rao, Akhil & Burgess, Matthew & Kaffine, Daniel, 2020. "Orbital-use fees could more than quadruple the value of the space industry," MPRA Paper 112708, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Stavins, Robert & Barrett, Scott & Aldy, Joseph, 2003. "13 + 1: A Comparison of Global Climate Change Policy Architectures," RFF Working Paper Series dp-03-26, Resources for the Future.
    3. Revesz, Richard & Stavins, Robert, 2004. "Environmental Law and Policy," Working Paper Series rwp04-023, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    4. Jindrich Matousek & Tomas Havranek & Zuzana Irsova, 2022. "Individual discount rates: a meta-analysis of experimental evidence," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 25(1), pages 318-358, February.
    5. Stavins, Robert, 2004. "Environmental Economics," RFF Working Paper Series dp-04-54, Resources for the Future.
    6. Daniel Schiffner & Maik Kecinski & Sandeep Mohapatra, 2021. "An updated look at petroleum well leaks, ineffective policies and the social cost of methane in Canada’s largest oil-producing province," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1-18, February.
    7. Robert N. Stavins, 2017. "The Evolution Of Environmental Economics: A View From The Inside," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 62(02), pages 251-274, June.
    8. Sumaila, Ussif R. & Walters, Carl, 2005. "Intergenerational discounting: a new intuitive approach," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 135-142, January.
    9. Judson Jaffe & Robert N. Stavins, 2007. "On the value of formal assessment of uncertainty in regulatory analysis," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(2), pages 154-171, June.

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