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Kenneth J. Arrow
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 412
Citations - 115566
Kenneth J. Arrow is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social choice theory & Capital (economics). The author has an hindex of 113, co-authored 411 publications receiving 111221 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth J. Arrow include University of California & Princeton University.
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Discounting, Morality, and Gaming
TL;DR: Arrow as discussed by the authors takes the problem of discounting for projects with payoffs inthe far future (climate change, nuclear waste disposal) to a non-cooperative game, in which each generation issomewhat selfish (compared with perfect morality) and recognizesthat future generations will be similarly selfish.
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Insurance, Risk and Resource Allocation
TL;DR: The closest analog in ordinary economic theory to an insurance policy is a bond or note, an exchange of money now for money later as mentioned in this paper, which is a more subtle kind of contract.