Christian Gollier

University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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1.

How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context? The Views of an Expert Panel

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-53
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Jan 2013
Kenneth J. Arrow, Maureen Cropper, Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Geoffrey M. Heal, Richard G. Newell, William D. Nordhaus, Robert S. Pindyck, William A. Pizer, Paul Portney, Thomas Sterner, Richard S. J. Tol and Martin Weitzman
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI), University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics, Duke University - Nicholas School of Environment, Yale University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Duke University, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Göteborg University - Department of Economics, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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discount rate, uncertainty, declining discount rate, benefit-cost analysis

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Some Aspects of the Economics of Catastrophe Risk Insurance

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Feb 2005
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Optimal Portfolio Management for Individual Pension Plans

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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dynamic portfolio choice, pension plan, retirement, time horizon

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Time Horizon and the Discount Rate

FEEM Working Paper No. 88.99
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Mar 2000
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Optimal Beliefs, Asset Prices, and the Preference for Skewed Returns

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Optimal Beliefs, Asset Prices, and the Preference for Skewed Returns

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Mar 2007
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Christian Gollier and Jonathan A. Parker
Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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portfolio choice, asset pricing, expectations, heterogeneous beliefs, optimal

Optimal Beliefs, Asset Prices, and the Preference for Skewed Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w12940
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 12 May 2021
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Christian Gollier and Jonathan A. Parker
Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Optimal Beliefs, Asset Prices and the Preference for Skewed Returns

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6181
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 May 2008
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Christian Gollier and Jonathan A. Parker
Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Belief biases, heterogeneous beliefs, optimal expectations, skewness

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Assets Returns Volatility and Investment Horizon: The French Case

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Assets Returns Volatility and Investment Horizon: The French Case

Paris December 2007 Finance International Meeting AFFI-EUROFIDAI Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Christian Gollier and Frederique Bec
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
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Asset return predictability, Investment horizon, Vector Autoregression

Assets Returns Volatility and Investment Horizon: The French Case

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2622
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Apr 2009
Frederique Bec and Christian Gollier
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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asset return predictability, investment horizon, vector autoregression

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Changes in Risk and Asset Prices

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 May 2001
Christian Gollier and Harris Schlesinger
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and University of Alabama
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Asset Pricing, Stochastic Dominance, Equity Premium Puzzle

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Information and the Equity Premium

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Sep 2002
Christian Gollier and Edward E. Schlee
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Arizona State University
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Information, Asset Prices, Risk-Free Rate, Equity Premium

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Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Risk-Taking of a Pension Fund

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1969
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 May 2007
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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dynamic portfolio choice, pension, retirement, intergenerational risk sharing, financial intermediation

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Optimal Illusions and Decisions Under Risk

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Jan 2005
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Anticipatory feelings, portfolio choice, overconfidence, positive thinking, endogenous beliefs

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Expected Net Present Value, Expected Net Future Value, and the Ramsey Rule

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2643
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 May 2009
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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discount rate, asset price, Ramsey rule, cost-benefit analysis

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Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogenous Time Preferences

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Apr 2003
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Aggregation of Preferences, Hyperbolic Discounting, Impatience, Time Preference, Investment and Consumption

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Collective Risk-Taking Decisions with Heterogeneous Beliefs

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Apr 2003
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Aggregation of Beliefs, State-dependent Utility, Efficient Risk Sharing, Pessimism, Disagreement, Asset Pricing, Portfolio Choices

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How Should the Distant Future Be Discounted When Discount Rates are Uncertain?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2863
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Christian Gollier and Martin Weitzman
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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discount rate, term structure, climate change, cost-benefit analysis

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The Consumption-Based Determinants of the Term Structure of Discount Rates

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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stochastic dominance, yield curve, far distant future, cost-benefit analysis, prudence, temperance, downside risk

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Term Structure and Cyclicity of Value-at-Risk: Consequences for the Solvency Capital Requirement

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2596
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Mar 2009
Frederique Bec and Christian Gollier
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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expected equities returns, Value at Risk, investment horizon, vector auto-regression

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Evaluation of Long-Dated Investments Under Uncertain Growth Trend, Volatility and Catastrophes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4052
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Jan 2013
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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asset prices, term structure, risk premium, decreasing discount rates, uncertain growth, CO2 beta, rare events, macroeconomic catastrophes

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Should We Discount the Far-Distant Future at its Lowest Possible Rate?

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Should We Discount the Far-Distant Future at its Lowest Possible Rate?

Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 3, 2009-25
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Discount rate, term structure, certainty equivalent rate, Ramsey rule, sustainable development

Should We Discount the Far-Distant Future at its Lowest Possible Rate?

Economics Discussion Paper No. 2009-7
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Discount rate, term structure, certainty equivalent rate, Ramsey rule, sustainable development

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Asset Pricing with Uncertain Betas: A Long-Term Perspective

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4072
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Jan 2013
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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asset prices, term structure, risk premium, certainty equivalent beta

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Eliciting Ambiguity Aversion in Unknown and in Compound Lotteries: A KMM Experimental Approach

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Department of Economics Working Paper No. 23/WP/2012
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2012
Giuseppe Attanasi, Christian Gollier, Aldo Montesano and Noemi Pace
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG), University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI), Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Ca Foscari University of Venice - Department of Economics
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coherent-ambiguity aversion, value-ambiguity aversion, choice-ambiguity aversion, smooth ambiguity model, binomial distribution, uniform distribution, unknown urn

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Resource Allocation When Projects Have Ranges of Increasing Returns

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-024
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Catherine Bobtcheff, Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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capital allocation, increasing returns, probabilistic returns, egalitarian allocation, complete specialization

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Discounting, Inequalities and Economic Convergence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3262
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Dec 2010
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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prudence, temperance, concordance, discount rate

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On the Underestimation of the Precautionary Effect in Discounting

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3536
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Aug 2011
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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discount rate, prudence, climate change

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Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk

NBER Working Paper No. t0216
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2021
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Welfare Cost of Ignoring the Beta

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The Welfare Cost of Ignoring the Beta

FEEM Working Paper No. 3.2021
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Mar 2021
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Discounting, Investment Theory, Asset Pricing, Carbon Pricing, Arrow-Lind Theorem, WACC Fallacy, Rare Disasters, Capital Budgeting

The Welfare Cost of Ignoring the Beta

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 May 2021
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogeneous Time Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w9629
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2021
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Misery Loves Company: Equilibrium Portfolios with Heterogeneous Consumption Externalities

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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The Welfare Cost of Vaccine Misallocation, Delays and Nationalism

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15980
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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The Cost-Efficiency Carbon Pricing Puzzle

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15919
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Toward a Systematic Approach to the Economic Effects of Risk: Characterizing Utility Functions

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 85, Issue 2, pp. 397-430, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Jun 2018
Christian Gollier and Miles S. Kimball
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and University of Colorado Boulder
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The Long-Run Discount Rate Controversy

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 273-295, 2014
Posted: 08 Oct 2014
Christian Gollier and James K. Hammitt
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University

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Increased Risk Bearing with Background Risk

Topics in Theoretical Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, Article 3
Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Edward E. Schlee and Christian Gollier
Arizona State University and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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comparative statics under uncertainty, risk taking, background risk, monotone likelihood ratio order, greater central riskiness, multivariate risk

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Aggregation and Heterogeneous Time Preferences

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 113, pp. 878-896, August 2005
Posted: 10 Aug 2005
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Scientific Progress and Irreversibility: An Economic Interpretation of the 'Precautionary Principle'

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 75, Issue 2, February 2000
Posted: 28 Feb 2001
Christian Gollier, Bruno Jullien and Nicolas Treich
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

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irreversibility, comparison of experiments, precautionary principle, greenhouse effect, prudence

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Peer Group Formation in an Adverse Selection Model

Economic Journal, Vol. 110, Issue 465, July 2000
Posted: 20 Sep 2000
Beatriz Armendariz and Christian Gollier
University College London - Department of Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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Discounting an Uncertain Future

University of Munich, Center for Economic Studies (CES), Working Paper No. 168
Posted: 08 Mar 1999
Christian Gollier and Jean-Charles Rochet
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Swiss Finance Institute

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Risk-Taking Behavior with Limited Liability and Risk Aversion

WFIC 96-13
Posted: 26 Apr 1998
Christian Gollier, Pierre-Francois Koehl and Jean-Charles Rochet
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI), CREST-ENSAE and Swiss Finance Institute

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On the Inefficiency of Bang-Bang and Stop-Loss Portfolio Strategies

J. OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY, Vol. 14 No. 2
Posted: 13 Feb 1997
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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Optimum Insurance of Approximate Losses

J. OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 63 No. 3, September 1996
Posted: 24 Oct 1996
Christian Gollier
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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