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Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...

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Can Equity Enhance Efficiency? Some Lessons from Climate Negotiations

Bosello, Francesco; Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

be derived from the recent outcomes of climate negotiations. Even though an equitable sharing of the costs of controlling …

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When is Bargaining Successful? Negotiated Division of Tournament Prizes

Goldreich, David; Pomorski, Lukasz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

: the stakes are substantial, there are no restrictions on the negotiations or the terms of a deal, outside options are …

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Regional and Sub-Global Climate Blocs. A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Bottom-up Climate Regimes

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

No international regime on climate change is going to be fully effective in controlling GHG emissions without the involvement of countries such as China, India, the United States, Australia, and possibly other developing countries. This highlights an unambiguous weakness of the Kyoto Protocol,...

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Auctions vs Negotiations in Public Procurement: Which Works Better?

Lalive, Rafael; Schmutzler, Armin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative … passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger … legal framework. We first characterize the decisions of the agency in a simple reduced form framework of negotiations and …

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Back to Kyoto? US Participation and the Linkage Between R&D and Climate Cooperation

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

and in actual policymaking, is to link negotiations on climate change control with decisions concerning international R …

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Cooling-Off in Negotiations - Does It Work?

Oechssler, Jörg; Roider, Andreas; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Negotiations frequently end in conflict after one party rejects a final offer. In a large-scale internet experiment we …

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Emissions Trading Regimes and Incentives to Participate in International Climate Agreements

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper analyses whether different emission trading regimes provide different incentives to participate in a cooperative climate agreement. Different incentive structures are discussed for those countries, namely the US, Russia and China, that are most important in the climate negotiation...

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Macroeconomic Implications of Insider Power

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989

negotiations. Wage and employment decisions are assumed to be made before business conditions are known; thus these decisions …

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The Pit and the Pendulum: Arbitration in the British Coal Industry, 1893-1914

Treble, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989

and show how the induced game can be used to explain certain features of the wage negotiations for which the conciliation …

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