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标题：Mock Referenda for Intergenerational Decision-making
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作者：Kopp, Raymond J. ; Portney, Paul R.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：1997
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Traditional applications of benefit-cost analysis make use of what we refer to as the"damage function and discounting" (or DFD) approach. This approach is well-suited to theanalysis of projects for which the principal benefits and costs occur within the next thirty toforty years, say. However, for projects with significant intergenerational consequences--i.e.,impacts that do not arise for hundreds of years or more--the DFD approach becomes almostintractable. We propose an alternative conception of benefit-cost analysis for intergenerationaldecisionmaking--the mock referendum--that is: (i) arguably more consistent with the tenets ofmodern welfare economics; (ii) more amenable to the analysis of long-term projects or policies;and (iii) consistent with political decision(s) that must be made if climate mitigation (or otherlong-term environmental protection) measures are to be taken.
关键词：discounting; non-market valuation; intergenerational equity; contingent valuation