Can a Focus on Breakthrough Technologies Improve the Performance of International Environmental Agreements?

In a recent paper, Barrett (2006) reaches the conclusion that in general the answer to the question in the title is no. We show in this paper that a focus on the R&D phase in the development of breakthrough technologies changes the picture. The stability of international treaties improves and thus the possibility of realizing benefits of cooperation.

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Year of publication:	2009-06
Authors:	de Zeeuw, Aart ; Hoel, Michael
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	EEE published as Michael Hoel & Aart Zeeuw, 2010. "Can a Focus on Breakthrough Technologies Improve the Performance of International Environmental Agreements?," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 47(3), pages 395-406, November. Number 15043
Classification:	C72 - Noncooperative Games ; F42 - International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Q28 - Government Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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