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This document is a newcomer guide to the economic theory of discounting, with applications to climate change and sustainability. It borrows ingredients from public economics, decision theory, and asset pricing theory, without any prerequisites beyond microeconomics 101.
Gollier, Christian +2 more
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Discounting by intervals: An inconsistent theory of intertemporal choice? [PDF]
We show that the theory developed in Scholten and Read (2006) “Discounting by Intervals: A Generalized Model of Intertemporal Choice”, Management Science, 52, 1424-1436, is an inconsistent theory.
Ali al-Nowaihi, Sanjit Dhami
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik +3 more
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Deriving time discounting correction factors for TTO tariffs [PDF]
The Time Tradeoff (TTO) method is a popular method for valuing health state utilities and is frequently used in economic evaluations. However, this method produces utilities that are distorted by several biases.
Attema, Arthur, Brouwer, Werner
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Why do professional athletes have different time preferences than non-athletes? [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2011 The objective of this paper is to measure and compare the subjective time discounting of professional athletes and non-athletes. By using a questionnaire, we found higher subjective discounting for professional athletes than for non-athletes.
Alex Krumer, Tal Shavit, Mosi Rosenboim
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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Non-constant discounting in finite horizon: The free terminal time case [PDF]
This paper derives the HJB (Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman) equation for sophisticated agents in a finite horizon dynamic optimization problem with non-constant discounting in a continuous setting, by using a dynamic programming approach.
Jesus Marin Solano, Jorge Navas Rodenes
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AIChE Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from end‐of‐life (EOL) products represents a strategic opportunity to strengthen the domestic supply chain for rare earth elements. This work presents a superstructure‐based optimization framework for finding the most economical processing pathway for different EOL rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs ...
Chris Laliwala +6 more
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Features of discounting lease payments in the context of determining the interest rate
Интеллект. Инновации. ИнвестицииWhen discounting rental payments, the discount rate level plays a key role. If, in accordance with the terms of the lease agreement, the rate cannot be precisely determined, it is necessary to resort to similar borrowing rates with comparable conditions,
V. S. Levin
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