Holdings: The Social Discount Rate : Estimates for Nine Latin American Countries

The Social Discount Rate : Estimates for Nine Latin American Countries

The social discount rate measures the rate at which a society would be willing to trade present for future consumption. As such it is one of the most critical inputs needed for cost-benefit analysis. This paper presents estimates of the social disc...

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Main Author:	Lopez, Humberto
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ALTERNATIVE USE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE TAX RATES CALCULATION CALCULATIONS COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY LEVEL CROSS COUNTRY DENSITY FUNCTION DERIVATIVES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LETTERS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPIRICAL WORKS EXPECTED VALUE EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL SECTORS FORECASTS FUTURE GROWTH FUTURE INCOME GDP GOVERNMENT BONDS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HISTORICAL GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME TAX INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT PROGRAMS LATIN AMERICAN LIFE SPAN LIFETIMES LONG RUN LOWER INTEREST RATE LUMP SUM MARGINAL TAX MARGINAL TAX RATE MARGINAL TAX RATES MARGINAL UTILITY MARGINAL UTILITY OF CONSUMPTION MORTALITY RATES OPPORTUNITY COST PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVEL PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PERSONAL INCOME POINT ESTIMATES POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE IMPACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING PUBLIC SPENDING RATE OF INTEREST RATE OF RETURN REAL RATE RISK AVERSION SAVINGS SAVINGS BEHAVIOR SAVINGS PROGRAM SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REGIME TREASURY UTILITY FUNCTION WORTH Social discount rate cost-benefit analysis
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