Sustainability in a Risky World

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Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers DP 830
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Paul Woolley Centre Discussion Papers No 76
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This paper studies the restrictions on consumption, portfolio choice, and social discounting implied by a sustainability constraint, that utility should not be expected to decline over time, in an economy with risky investment opportunities. The sustainability constraint does not distort portfolio choice and implies a consumption-wealth ratio and social discount rate that can be considerably higher than the riskless interest rate.

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