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dc.contributor.author | Zuber, Stéphane | en |
dc.contributor.author | Asheim, Geir B. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-11 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-29T11:20:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-29T11:20:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/46516 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The discounted utilitarian criterion for infinite horizon social choice has been criticized for treating generations unequally. We propose an extended rank-discounted utilitarian (ERDU) criterion instead. The criterion amounts to discounted utilitarianism on non-decreasing streams, but it treats all generations impartially: discounting becomes the mere expression of intergenerational inequality aversion. We show that more inequality averse ERDU societies have higher social discount rates when future generations are better-off. We apply the ERDU approach in two benchmark economic growth models and prove that it promotes sustainable policies that maximize discounted utilitarian welfare. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunich | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aCESifo Working Paper |x3192 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D63 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H43 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Q56 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | intergenerational equity | en |
dc.subject.keyword | social discounting | en |
dc.subject.keyword | discounted utilitarianism | en |
dc.subject.keyword | sustainability | en |
dc.subject.stw | Soziale Diskontrate | en |
dc.subject.stw | Generationenbeziehungen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Utilitarismus | en |
dc.subject.stw | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.title | Justifying social discounting: The rank-discounted utilitarian approach | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 639007074 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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