Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: An introduction to the theory of social accounting -- The money metrics problem in dynamic welfare analysis -- Welfare measurement, hyperbolic discounting and paternalism -- Dynamic endogenous risk and social accounting -- Welfare measurement and public goods in a second-best economy -- How are green national accounts produced in practice? -- The theory of dynamic cost-benefit analysis: some recent advances -- Some dynamic economic consequences of the climate-sensitivity inference dilemma --Sustainable consumption programs -- The relationship between welfare measures and indicators of sustainable development -- Genuine saving, social welfare and rules for sustainability.