Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 15:957-977 (2017)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
This paper distinguishes between five different approaches to social discount rates in climate change economics, criticizes two of these, and explains how the other three are to some degree mutually compatible. It aims to shed some new light on a longstanding debate in climate change economics between so-called “descriptivists” and “prescriptivists” about social discounting. The ultimate goal is to offer a sketch of the conceptual landscape that makes visible some important facets of the debate that very often go unacknowledged.
|
Keywords | Discount rate Climate change economics Intergenerational equity |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Discounting for Public Policy: A Survey.Hilary Greaves - 2017 - Economics and Philosophy 33 (3):391-439.
Pure Time Preference in Intertemporal Welfare Economics.J. Paul Kelleher - 2017 - Economics and Philosophy 33 (3):441-473.
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity and the Social Discount Rate.Simon Caney - 2014 - Politics, Philosophy and Economics 13 (4):320-342.
Discounting the Future, yet Again.Geoffrey Brennan - 2007 - Politics, Philosophy and Economics 6 (3):259-284.
Values in the Economics of Climate Change.Michael Toman - 2006 - Environmental Values 15 (3):365-379.
Climate Change and the Future: Discounting for Time, Wealth, and Risk.Simon Caney - 2009 - Journal of Social Philosophy 40 (2):163-186.
Climate Ethics: Justifying a Positive Social Time Preference.Joseph Heath - 2017 - Journal of Moral Philosophy 14 (4):435–462.
The Moral Challenge of Dangerous Climate Change: Values, Poverty, and Policy.Darrel Moellendorf - 2014 - Cambridge University Press.
Is There a Sacrifice-Free Solution to Climate Change?J. Paul Kelleher - 2015 - Ethics, Policy and Environment 18 (1):68-78.
Subsistence Versus Sustainable Emissions? Equity and Climate Change.Jay Odenbaugh - 2010 - Environmental Philosophy 7 (1):1-15.
Implementing Climate Equity: The Case of Europe.Paul G. Harris - 2008 - Journal of Global Ethics 4 (2):121 – 140.
Der Umgang mit Zukunftswissen in der Klimapolitikberatung. Eine Fallstudie zum Stern Review.Gregor Betz - 2008 - Philosophia Naturalis 45 (1):95-129.
Modeling Climate Policies: A Critical Look at Integrated Assessment Models.Mathias Frisch - 2013 - Philosophy and Technology 26 (2):117-137.
Philosophy of Climate Science Part I: Observing Climate Change.Roman Frigg, Erica Thompson & Charlotte Werndl - 2015 - Philosophy Compass 10 (12):953-964.
TheStern Reviewand its Critics: Economics at Work in an Interdisciplinary Setting.Fredrik Hansen - 2011 - Journal of Economic Methodology 18 (3):255-270.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2017-02-09
Total views
1,634 ( #2,939 of 2,499,012 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
182 ( #3,109 of 2,499,012 )
2017-02-09
Total views
1,634 ( #2,939 of 2,499,012 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
182 ( #3,109 of 2,499,012 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads