Uncertainty in Discount Models and Environmental Accounting
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Uncertainty in Discount Models and Environmental Accounting
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is controversial for environmental issues, but is nevertheless employed by many governments and private organizations for making environmental decisions. Controversy centers on the practice of economic discounting in CBA for decisions that have substantial long-term consequences, as do most environmental decisions. Customarily, economic discounting has been calculate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1708-3087
DOI: 10.5751/es-01586-100213