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environmental agreements. Later papers confirmed this negative conclusion about the role of learning. In the light of intensified … a more general setting without restriction on the number of players and which considers not only no and full learning … but also partial learning. Second, we test whether the conclusion also holds if there is uncertainty about abatement costs …
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In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...
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According to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, global collective action is needed to stabilize “greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous [our emphasis] anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The Framework Convention thus...
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role of learning and risk aversion. It bridges two strands of literature: one focused on the role learning for the success … aversion on IEA formation under no learning. Combining learning and risk aversion seems appropriate as the uncertainties … through learning. It is shown that the negative conclusion with respect to the role of learning derived for risk neutrality …
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Previous research shows that collective action to avoid a catastrophic threshold, such as a climate “tipping point,” is unaffected by uncertainty about the impact of crossing the threshold but that collective action collapses if the location of the threshold is uncertain. Theory suggests...
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According to international law, straddling fish stocks should preferably be managed cooperatively through regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). This paper analyzes the stability and success of these organizations through a game in partition function form based on the classical...
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