Sustainability in a risky world

Campbell, John and Martin, Ian ORCID: 0000-0001-8373-5317 (2021) Sustainability in a risky world. Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers (830). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper studies the restrictions on consumption, portfolio choice, and social discounting implied by a sustainability constraint, that utility should not be expected to decline over time, in an economy with risky investment opportunities. The sustainability constraint does not distort portfolio choice and implies a consumption-wealth ratio and social discount rate that can be considerably higher than the riskless interest rate.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	https://www.fmg.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	Finance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification:	G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G11 - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H43 - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Equity
Date Deposited:	23 May 2023 10:15
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 05:08
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118878

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