How should we value returns to public projects that are in the distant future? Most experts agree on discount rates of around 2%, according to MoritzDrupp, Mark Freeman, Ben Groom, Frikk Nesje featured in aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

We’re proud to announce the #RIFA2018 Best Research Film of the Year is awarded to Steve Linstead from University of York for ‘Black Snow’. 🏆🎬 Congratulations!

New Paper “Climate economics support for the UN climate targets” out in NatureClimate. We update the DICE model by Nobel Laureate Nordhaus along a number of dimensions & show that there is no discrepancy between the UN targets & the model’s optimal climate paths. A thread:

Limit global heating to under 2 degrees to reduce climate damage and increase economic benefits says a study co-authored by @UoY_UYMS ow.ly/V73a50AxGMN #YorkResearch

Challenging #modern #salvery. Watch #research #impact #video tinyurl.com/y49u2v2a from Dr Joyce Jiang Joyce Jiang University of York Management School @UoY_UYMS ahead of today's #UK #Parliamentary #event on #migrant #domestic #workers tinyurl.com/y42tcede

Updated guidance by NY State recommending to use a 1-3% social discount rate with a main value of 2% in parts based on our expert survey. MoritzDrupp Ben Groom Mark Freeman aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

A Dimensional Fund Advisors Distinguished Paper Prize goes to Rawley Heimer, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth, and Raphael S. Schoenle for the article “YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles” doi.org/10.1111/jofi.1…

Challenging #modern #slavery. Learn more from #research #impact #video tinyurl.com/y49u2v2a Dr Joyce Jiang Joyce Jiang University of York Management School @UoY_UYMS #migrant #domestic #workers. This is one example of our impact on business and society tinyurl.com/9kbca53l.

Best job title in academia is surely Ben Groom's "Dragon Capital Chair in Biodiversity Economics"

The Lancet COVID-19 Commission's Task Force on Green Recovery recently released their final statement. Read it in full here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5ef3652… #pandemicrecovery #sdgs

Lancet Commission on Green Growth Post Covid. Mark Freeman and I wrote a short piece on how CBA of public projects should reflect the insurance value of avoiding disasters, like pandemics. Meaning, preparedness is important. Ian Bateman LEEP shorturl.at/lqz34

Social Discount Rates and Climate Policy. Interesting piece stemming from our recent Annual Review. Mark Freeman Frikk Nesje MoritzDrupp LEEP Grantham LSE knowablemagazine.org/article/societ…

US EPA Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases: Public comment. Read our input (MoritzDrupp Frikk Nesje Mark Freeman) to this important process here: regulations.gov/comment/EPA-HQ…. LEEP University of Exeter Business School Grantham LSE @UoYSBS_Research.

Very proud of this paper joint with MoritzDrupp, Mark Freeman and Ben Groom. We survey expert philosophers on their recommended social discount rates (SDR), compare recommendations to those offered by economists and assess the implications. nature.com/articles/s4155…

A short and accessible research briefing for the NatureClimate philosopher-economist-paper that we published can be found here: nature.com/articles/s4155… Economics_UCPH CESifo Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings #PhilTwitter #EconTwitter

New paper shows that while philosophers + economists support the same social discount rates, resulting in the same mitigation policy, this is for very different ethical + practical reasons. By Mark Freeman Frikk Nesje MoritzDrupp Ben Groom ➡️ow.ly/tMYC50OzimA

New Science Magazine letter "US benefit-cost analysis requires revision" now published, Mark Freeman School for Business and Society 🏫 was amongst c.20 international experts in social discounting, who signed the letter ➡️ow.ly/MQLH50OzmZw

My pal Mark Freeman talks to the energy monitor about social discounting and climate policy in the context of Biden and the new proposals for CBA and SCC in the US. energymonitor.ai/finance/regula…

We argue against the widespread use of "NPV sensitivity analysis". Feedback from academics and practitioners has led to a substantive revision of the working paper. Comments welcome on the update version! Link below. MoritzDrupp Mark Freeman Ben Groom #EconTwitter