Discounting the distant future: how much do uncertain rates increase valuations?
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The distant future should be discounted at significantly lower rates than suggested by the current rate when the future path of the discount rate is uncertain and highly correlated is demonstrated. Two centuries of US interest rate data is used to quantify this effect.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 2003
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Sequential development and exploitation of an exhaustible resource: do monopoly rights promote conservation?
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The strategies followed by a monopoly while facing different setup costs in exploiting exhaustible resources are analyzed. The factors on which incentives of a monopolist are dependent as compared to a social planner are determined.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 2005
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Instrument choice for environmental protection when technological innovation is endogenous
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The welfare effects of emission taxes, auctioned emission permits and free permits are studied. The types of situations when there can be significant welfare discrepancies between the policies and when there are not are examined.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 2003
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