Determining Benefits and Costs for Future Generations. Arrow, K., Cropper, M., Gollier, C., Groom, B., Heal, G., Newell, R., Nordhaus, W., Pindyck, R., Pizer, W., Portney, P., Sterner, T., Tol, R. S. J., & Weitzman, M. Science, 341(6144):349–350, July, 2013.
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In economic project analysis, the rate at which future benefits and costs are discounted relative to current values often determines whether a project passes the benefit-cost test. This is especially true of projects with long time horizons, such as those to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Whether the benefits of climate policies, which can last for centuries, outweigh the costs, many of which are borne today, is especially sensitive to the rate at which future benefits are discounted. This is also true of other policies, e.g., affecting nuclear waste disposal or the construction of long-lived infrastructure.
@article{arrow_determining_2013,
	title = {Determining {Benefits} and {Costs} for {Future} {Generations}},
	volume = {341},
	issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
	url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.1235665},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1235665},
	abstract = {In economic project analysis, the rate at which future benefits and costs are discounted relative to current values often determines whether a project passes the benefit-cost test. This is especially true of projects with long time horizons, such as those to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Whether the benefits of climate policies, which can last for centuries, outweigh the costs, many of which are borne today, is especially sensitive to the rate at which future benefits are discounted. This is also true of other policies, e.g., affecting nuclear waste disposal or the construction of long-lived infrastructure.},
	language = {en},
	number = {6144},
	urldate = {2017-05-22},
	journal = {Science},
	author = {Arrow, K. and Cropper, M. and Gollier, C. and Groom, B. and Heal, G. and Newell, R. and Nordhaus, W. and Pindyck, R. and Pizer, W. and Portney, P. and Sterner, T. and Tol, R. S. J. and Weitzman, M.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {KR, Untagged},
	pages = {349--350},
}

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