An investigation on domain specific social time preference rates in Singapore

• Main Authors: Chua, Jolene Yi Lin, Chong, Sheryl Hui Ping, Choy, Marcus Guang Lin
• Other Authors: Euston Quah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory; Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139207
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social discount rates (SDR) is the rate at which society is willing to forgo a unit of current consumption for future consumption. The social time preference rate approach to eliciting SDR has been adopted by many countries. Yet, there is limited research on SDR in Singapore. This paper seeks to add...