Robert C. Lind, Kenneth J. Arrow, Gordon R. Corey

Discounting for Time and Risk in Energy Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a collection of theoretical papers, including contributions by Partha Dasgupta and three Nobel prize-winning economists: Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, and Joseph Stiglitz. Originally published in 1982.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RFF Press
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781617260179
• ISBN-10: 1617260177
• Artikelnr.: 32829209

Autorenporträt

Robert C. Lind, Kenneth J. Arrow, Gordon R. Corey, Partha Dasgupta, Amartya K. Sen, Thomas Staufer, Joseph E. Stigiltz, J.A. Stockfisch

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: A Primer on the Major Issues Relating to the Discount Rate for Evaluating National Energy Options
3: A Reader's Guide to the Papers in this Volume
4: The Rate of Discount on Public Investments with Imperfect Capital Markets
Comment
Comment
5: The Rate of Discount for Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Theory of the Second Best
6: Risk Measurement of Public Projects
6a: Comment
7: Measuring the Social Rate of Return on Private Investment
8: Resource Depletion, Research and Development, and the Social Rate of Discount
Comment
Comment
Comment
Comment
9: Approaches to the Choice of Discount Rates for Social Benefit-Cost Analysis
Comment
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Comment
10: Plant Investment Decision Making in the Electric Power Industry
10a: Comment
11: The Social Efficiency of Electric Utility Decision Criteria
12: The Rate of Discount and the Application of Social Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Context of Energy Policy Decisions