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008 060525s2006 mau sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2006619238
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aKaplow, Louis.
245 10 $aDiscounting dollars, discounting lives$h[electronic resource] :$bintergenerational distributive justice and efficiency /$cLouis Kaplow.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2006.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 12239
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 5/25/2006.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"The view that intergenerational distributive justice and efficiency should be treated separately is familiar, yet controversial. This article elaborates the often-implicit justifications for separate treatment and provides a more express statement of how and when such treatment is appropriate. Substantial attention is devoted to an approach that holds constant the intra- and intergenerational distribution of well-being, which proves to be a valuable analytical device even for intergenerational policies that are not distribution neutral. Also explored are possible interrelationships between intergenerational distributive justice and efficiency, the choice of interest rate for discounting dollars, and how the present approach relates to those that would employ direct social weights to dollars at different points in time"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
700 1 $aKaplow, Louis.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 12239.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/w12239