In this paper, we analyze how to utilize discount rates in intergenerational projects. Firstly, neoclassical decision-making is depicted in Ramsey and overlapping-generations models (OLG-models). Afterwards we investigate the utilization of time preference rates and opportunity cost rates in an...

Wir analysieren die Vorgehensweise bei der Diskontierung langfristiger Projekte. Unsere Untersuchungen zur reinen Zeitpräferenzrate, zur wachstumsbedingten Zeitpräferenzrate und zur Opportunitätskostenrate führen uns zu dem Ergebnis, daß bei langfristigen Projekten die Annahme eines...

The present work is dedicated to theoretical aspects of long-term evaluation with a focus on time and uncertainty structure. Motivated along the lines of global warming, the analysis renders contributions to the fields of environmental economics, decision theory, the economics of sustainability...

This thesis contains four essays which are all from the broader field of insurance economics. The chapters can be read independently, although there is a certain connection between the articles. Chapter 2, which deals with moral hazard, and chapter 3, which is on oligopolistic models in the...