Discounting for Time and Risk in Energy Policy
1st Edition
Published on 19. January 2011
Book
Hardback
491 pages
978-1-61726-017-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This book should prove valuable for the individual interested in the technical aspects of discounting for energy project selection as well as for the reader wanting only a general overview of the topic. It has a wide application for not only the researcher, but also for use in the college classroom and the policy making arena...very comprehensive coverage of the issues involved in the selection of a discount rate for investment decisions.'Water Resources Bulletin
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
898 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61726-017-9 (9781617260179)
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Robert C. Lind | Kenneth J. Arrow | Gordon R. Corey
Discounting for Time and Risk in Energy Policy
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
RFF Press
€73.49
Available for download
Robert C. Lind | Kenneth J. Arrow | Gordon R. Corey
Discounting for Time and Risk in Energy Policy
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
RFF Press
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
Robert C. Lind, Kenneth J. Arrow, Gordon R. Corey, Partha Dasgupta, Amartya K. Sen, Thomas Staufer, Joseph E. Stigiltz, J.A. Stockfisch
Content
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; Comment; 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