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Title: | Stable International Environmental Agreements: An Analytical Approach |
Authors: | Diamantoudi, Effrosyni Sartzetakis, Eftichios S. |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Source: | Journal of Public Economic Theory |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | 2 |
First Page: | 247 |
Last Page: | 263 |
Abstract: | In this paper we examine the formation of international environmental agreements (IEAs). We show that the welfare of the signatories does not increase monotonically with respect to the number of signatories. We provide an analytical solution of the leadership model. In particular, we find that if the number of countries is greater than four then there exists a unique stable IEA with either two, three, or four signatories. Furthermore, we show that the welfare of the signatories is almost at its lowest level when the IEA is stable. While in our model each country's choice variable is emissions, we extend our results to the case where the choice variable is abatement efforts. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9779.2006.00262.x https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/710 |
ISSN: | 1097-3923 1467-9779 |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2006.00262.x |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Economics |
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