This article surveys the debate over the social discount rate. The focus is on the economics
rather than the philosophy literature, but the survey emphasizes foundations in ethical theory …

Several areas of welfare economics seek to evaluate states of affairs as a function of
interpersonally comparable individual utilities. The aim is to map each state of affairs onto a …

To be prepared for future risks of climate change, policy makers need to decide on the most
adequate climate adaptation strategy. Such decisions often depend on the results of climate …