Anthoff, David; Tol, Richard S. J.; Yohe, Gary W. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
It is well-known that the discount rate is crucially important for estimating the social cost of carbon, a standard indicator for the seriousness of climate change and desirable level of climate policy. The Ramsey equation for the discount rate has three components: the pure rate of time...