The Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital for Canada - An Empirical Update
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- Glenn Jenkins & Chun-Yan Kuo, 2007. "The Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital for Canada - An Empirical Update," Development Discussion Papers 2007-04, JDI Executive Programs.
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discount rates; opportunity cost; project evaluation;JEL classification:
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2007-08-18 (All new papers)
- NEP-PPM-2007-08-18 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
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