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Justifying Social Discounting: The Rank-Discounted Utilitarian Approach [PDF]
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.
Geir B. Asheim, Stéphane Zuber
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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The Value of the Nonprofit Environment Field in Illinois: A Social Return on Investment Analysis with Donors Forum [PDF]
, 2015 This Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis compares the public and private investment into the Illinois nonprofit environment field to the social, environmental, and economic value it creates for people who live in Illinois and for society as a ...
Amy Terpstra, Jennifer Clary
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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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Altruism and Patience in Choices between Financial Losses - Experimental Findings
Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 2023 In this empirical study (n = 102), the authors set out to investigate the relation between altruism (measured with the use of individual social discounting rates) and patience (measured with the use of delays) under the conditions of financial losses ...
Adam Karbowski, Bartłomiej Wiśnicki
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DISCOUNTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [PDF]
A constant social discount rate cannot reflect both a reasonable opportunity cost of public funds and an ethically defensible concern for generations in the distant future. We use a model of hyperbolic discounting that achieves both goals.
Karp, Larry S., Tsur, Yacov
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On the Relation between Discounting of Climate Change and Edgeworth-Pareto Substitutability [PDF]
, 2009 To justify substantial carbon emission reductions, recent literature on cost-benefit analysis of climate change suggests discounting environmental quality at a lower discount rate than the standard consumption discount rate.
Kögel, M.T.
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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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PLoS BiologyThe medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has long been associated with economic and social decision-making in neuroimaging studies. Several debates question whether different ventral mPFC (vmPFC) and dorsal mPFC (dmPFC) regions have specific functions or ...
Zhilin Su +7 more
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Introduction to social discounting [PDF]
Project Appraisal, 1986 Although engineering or other technical considerations may favour one project over its rivals, an economist may conclude from a discounted cash flow that one of the rivals is actually the best option. This article outlines how and why economists use this approach.
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