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Green Book Supplementary Document: Social discount rates for Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Report for HM Treasury

A summary report from two workshops on recent advances in social discounting practice and theory.

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HM Treasury
Published
16 November 2020
Last updated
18 November 2022 — See all updates

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Social discount rates for Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Report for HM Treasury

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This document summarises the key theoretical and empirical evidence on social discounting that has emerged since the Green Book of 2003.

The views displayed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect those of HM Treasury.

Green Book practitioners and reviewers may also benefit from the wider collection of accompanying guidance and materials.

Published 16 November 2020
Last updated 18 November 2022 + show all updates

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