Time-declining risk-adjusted social discount rates for transport infrastructure planning
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- Kathrin Goldmann, 2019. "Time-declining risk-adjusted social discount rates for transport infrastructure planning," Transportation, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 17-34, February.
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Keywords
Social discount rate; Traffic demand risk; Time series analysis; Infrastructure planning; Â Cost-benefit analysis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
- R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PPM-2018-05-07 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
- NEP-TRE-2018-05-07 (Transport Economics)
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