Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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959255 | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 2011 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The paper shows how limited substitutability in consumption between different classes of goods affects the magnitude and time development of social discount rates. It decomposes the discount rates into an absolute growth and a relative growth or substitutability effect. The paper relates between-good and intertemporal substitutability to the notions of weak and strong sustainability. It analyzes under which circumstances low as opposed to high between-good substitutability increases the weights given to long-run environmental services.
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Authors
Christian P. Traeger,