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A Difficulty in the Concept of a Social Discount Rate

Authors :
Hans-Peter Weikard
Source :
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2003.

Abstract

It is shown that the use of a social discount rate to evaluate a (public) project is incompatible with the Pareto principle and a condition of consumer sovereignty.

Details

ISSN :
15565068
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
SSRN Electronic Journal
Accession number :
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