Climate Changes the Debate: The Impact of Demographics on Long-Term Discount Rates

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Aug. 20, 2017

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Media Highlight

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VOX: CEPR's Policy Portal

"Indeed, some economists have argued that the only reason for the UDR to exceed zero is because of catastrophic risk to the world (Goulder and Williams 2012)."

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