TY - BOOK AU - Pannell,David J. AU - Schilizzi,Steven G.M. TI - Economics and the future: time and discounting in private and public decision making SN - 9781848444522 PY - 2006/// CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Decision making N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -