Estimating intertemporal preferences for resource allocation

cg.creator.identifierSiwa Msangi: 0000-0002-5408-6909
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00781.x
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0002-9092
cg.issue4
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.volume87
dc.contributor.authorHowitt, Richard E.
dc.contributor.authorMsangi, Siwa
dc.contributor.authorReynaud, Arnaud
dc.contributor.authorKnapp, Keith C.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:56:53Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:56:53Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170334
dc.titleEstimating intertemporal preferences for resource allocationen
dcterms.abstractIn this article, we show how the degree of risk aversion, discounting, and preference for intertemporal substitution for a natural resource manager can be structurally estimated within a recursive utility framework. We focus on the management of a reservoir in California, and test the data for consistency with a recursive utility model specification versus standard time‐additive separability. The results show that the data are consistent with a risk‐averse manager with recursive preferences. The data also reject time‐additive separability, with or without risk aversion, such as the standard constant relative risk aversion utility model. The improvement in model fit when recursive preferences are used is notable.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2005-11
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHowitt, Richard E.; Msangi, Siwa; Reynaud, Arnaud; Knapp, Keith C. 2005. Estimating intertemporal preferences for resource allocation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(4): 969-983. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00781.xen
dcterms.extentpp. 969-983
dcterms.issued2005-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWiley
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1607
dcterms.subjectresource allocationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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