A time preference measure of the social discount rate for Iran

Abstract Public sector projects in Iran are inefficiently carried out for reasons of mismanagement and poor prioritization. This problem may arise from the lack of a generally accepted social discount rate for project appraisal. The value of the social discount rate can have implications for resourc...

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Main Authors: Arian Daneshmand, Esfandiar Jahangard, Mahnoush Abdollah-Milani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Economic Structures
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40008-018-0127-x