Economics and the future:  time and discounting in private and public decision making/ 
David J. Pannell and Steven G. M. Schilizzi, editors 
 - Cheltenham, UK :  Edward Elgar Publishing,  c2006 
 - xiii, 182 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Time and discounting in economic decision making / David  J. Pannell and Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- Investigating net benefits from alternative uses of resources / Bill Malcolm-- Avoiding simplistic assumptions in discounting cash flows for private decisions / David J. Pannell -- Compounding and discounting under risk : net present values and real option values / Greg Hertzler -- Risk, discounting and the public sector / John Quiggin -- Reconsidering reconsidered : why sustainable discounting need not be inconsistent over time / John C.V. Pezzey -- Discounting the distant future using short time horizons : investments with irreversible benefits / Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- Discounting future prospects, and the quest for sustainability / Alan Randall -- How should we discount the future? An environmental perspective / Michael D. Young and Darla Hatton MacDonalds -- Discounting the future / Cédric Philibert    
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848444522 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cost effectiveness<br/>Decision making