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social discount rate [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Investment
CONT

Cost-benefit analysis typically is applied to problems that involve the dimension of time. Choices have to be made about whether to sacrifice consumption in one period in order to have more consumption in another. ... such choices could be made by applying an appropriate discount rate (a "social discount rate").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Le choix du taux d'actualisation public. [...] on étudie les effets [...] de politiques qui auraient pour résultats d'accroître l'investissement pendant une période, au détriment de la consommation, pour augmenter la production et la consommation future. On peut ainsi calculer [...] le taux marginal de substitution entre la consommation totale d'une année et celle de l'année suivante, c'est-à-dire les taux successifs de préférence collective pour le présent, ou taux d'actualisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
  • Inversiones
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Record 2 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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