MAR 28 2011

Climate Change and Discount Rates

Activism, Climate, Climate change, Cost-benefit analysis, Discount rate, Discounting, Environment, Impacts and Indicators, United States Treasury security

Many analysts have observed that the range of the expected future impacts of anthropogenic climate change is highly dependent upon discount rates.  Depending upon the time horizon and discount rate selected, one can derive almost any desired outcome.  Given this observation, it is crucial that one carefully consider and document one’s reasoning related to choice…

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