Groom, Ben 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0729-143X and Hepburn, Cameron
(2017)
Looking back at social discounting policy: The influence of papers, presentations, political preconditions, and personalities.
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 11 (2).
pp. 336-356.
ISSN 1750-6824
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Abstract
Over the past 15 years, government guidelines on social discounting for benefit–cost analysis have been updated in many different countries. These updates appear to reflect the influence of important academic contributions recommending the use of a declining term structure of discount rates. Using qualitative evidence from the United Kingdom, United States, France, and The Netherlands, this article shows that the influence of this academic supply side would not have been possible without the policy demand side and the presence of institutional or charismatic policy brokers acting as policy market makers. We argue that the market analogy is a useful framework for academics seeking to influence policy with their research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/reep |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2017 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84860 |
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