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Wir analysieren die Vorgehensweise bei der Diskontierung langfristiger Projekte. Unsere Untersuchungen zur reinen … formulation of an adjusted OLG-discounting method (GAD) of consumption units, taking into consideration intra- and …
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We consider an extension of the classical secretary problem where a decision maker observes only the relative ranks of a sequence of up to N applicants, whose true values are i.i.d. U[0,1] random variables. Applicants arrive according to a homogeneous Poisson Process, and the decision maker...
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growth theory. Nordhaus argues that the Stern Review exaggerates the effects of global warming because it uses a discount … rate that is well below the market rate of return on capital. From the perspective of classical growth theory, Nordhaus … agents. The classical theory of growth interprets the market return to capital as a reflection of the property relations of …
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adjusted OLG-discounting method of consumption units, taking into consideration intra- and intergenerational aspects. At the …
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expressed. Kahneman and Tversky's Prospect Theory (1979) explains many of these "framing" effects as shifts in the point of …
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,000 relative to conventional discounting. Applying the random walk model to the consequences of climate change, we find that …
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"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
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"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
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of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
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"In this study, individual level behavior is investigated in the context of computer assisted voluntary contribution mechanism public good (VCM) provision experiments and common pool resource (CPR) appropriation experiments. Previous studies of these environments have concentrated on aggregate...
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