All pages with keywords: cost-benefit analysis
Appropriate time discounting in the public sector
A substantial literature of social discounting has now extended over more than 50 years, but practical approaches in developed economies and international bodies continue to vary widely. This is sometimes … read more »
A review of the economics of adaptation and climate-resilient development
This working paper aims to inform the development community about the current state-of-knowledge and emerging thinking on the economics of adaptation and the application to development. read more »
Nationally Self-Interested Climate Change Mitigation: A Unified Conceptual Framework
This paper finds that the vast majority of emissions cuts needed to decarbonise the global economy this century can lead to domestic economic benefits that outweigh the costs for individual countries, even before the avoided risks of dangerous climate change are taken into account. read more »
Declining discount rates and the Fisher Effect: inflated past, discounted future?
Uncertain, yet persistent, real rates of return to capital underpin one argument for using a declining schedule of social discount rates. Yet persistency is only present … read more »
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