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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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Criteria for social investment
TL;DR: In this article, an elementary exposition of choice criteria for social investment is presented, and the two causes for discounting the future benefits, time preference and opportunity cost, are discussed.
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Uniqueness of the Internal Rate of Return with Variable Life of Investment
Kenneth J. Arrow,David Levhari +1 more
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Genetic diversity and interdependent crop choices in agriculture
Geoffrey Heal,Brian Walker,Simon A. Levin,Kenneth J. Arrow,Partha Dasgupta,Gretchen C. Daily,Paul R. Ehrlich,Karl-Göran Mäler,Nils Kautsky,Jane Lubchenco,Steve Schneider,David A. Starrett +11 more
TL;DR: The extent of genetic diversity in food crops is important as it affects the risk of attack by pathogens as discussed by the authors, and a drop in diversity increases this risk. But farmers may not take this into account when making crop choices, leading to what from a social perspective is an inadequate level of diversity.
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Discounting for Time and Risk in Energy Policy.
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How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context? The Views of an Expert Panel
Kenneth J. Arrow,Maureen L. Cropper,Maureen L. Cropper,Christian Gollier,Christian Gollier,Ben Groom,Richard G. Newell,Richard G. Newell,Richard G. Newell,William D. Nordhaus,William D. Nordhaus,William D. Nordhaus,Robert S. Pindyck,Robert S. Pindyck,William A. Pizer,Paul R. Portney,Thomas Sterner,Richard S.J. Tol,Richard S.J. Tol,Martin L. Weitzman +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the views of the panel on three topics: the use of the Ramsey formula as an organizing principle for determining discount rates over long horizons, whether the discount rate should decline over time, and how intra-and intergenerational discounting practices can be made compatible.