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Sharing R&D Investments in Cleaner Technologies to Mitigate Climate Change
El-Sayed, Abeer; Rubio, Santiago J. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international … cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It is assumed that when countries cooperate they coordinate their investments so as to … spillover effects of their investments in R&D. In order to analyze the scope of cooperation, an agreement formation game is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833931
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Domestic Politics and the Formation of International Environmental Agreements
Dietz, Simon; Marchiori, Carmen; Tavoni, Alessandro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
environmental cooperation the phenomenon of domestic political competition, whereby lobby groups seek to influence policy by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904936
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Sticks and Carrots for the Design of International Climate Agreements with Renegotiations
Weikard, Hans-Peter; Dellink, Rob - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
This paper examines stability of international climate agreements for carbon abatement under an optimal transfer rule and renegotiations. The optimal transfer rule suggested to stabilise international environmental agreements (Weikard 2005, Carraro, Eyckmans and Finus 2006) is no longer optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230859
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Cooperation, Stability and Self-Enforcement in International Environmental Agreements: A Conceptual Discussion
Tulkens, Henry; Chander, Parkash - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
In essence, any international environmental agreement (IEA) implies cooperation of a form or another. The paper seeks … for logical foundations of this. It first deals with how the need for cooperation derives from the public good aspect of … the externalities involved, as well as with where the source of cooperation lies in cooperative game theory. In either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385392
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Sustainable Cooperation in Global Climate Policy: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets to Build on Copenhagen and Cancun
Bosetti, Valentina; Frankel, Jeffrey - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
cooperation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320996
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On the Legitimacy of Coercion for the Financing of Public Goods
Bierbrauer, Felix - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
The literature on public goods has shown that efficient outcomes are impossible if participation constraints have to be respected. This paper addresses the question whether they should be imposed. It asks under what conditions efficiency considerations justify that individuals are forced to pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502099
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The Influence of Climate Change Considerations on Energy Policy: The Case of Russia
Markandya, Anil; Golub, Alexander; Strukova, E. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
To those working on climate change it is obvious that energy policy should be influenced by climate change considerations. The question that this paper seeks to answer is, to what extent do they influence policy and what contribution can a careful analysis of the costs and benefits of climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423161
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Monetary Value Assessment of Clam Fishing Management Practices in the Venice Lagoon: Results from a Stated Choice Exercise
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Rossetto, Luca; Blaeij, Arianne de - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
This article focuses on the economic valuation of alternative clam management practices in the Venice Lagoon. The proposed valuation method is characterized by the design of a survey questionnaire next to the fishermen population. In each questionnaire two fishing alternatives are described. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423185
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Analysis and Evaluation of Ecosystem Resilience: An Economic Perspective
Vergano, Lucia; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper focuses on the analyses and evaluation of resilience anchored in an economic perspective. Resilience, as well as most of the benefits provided by ecosystems, is not priced on current markets. However, this does not mean that resilience is of no value for humans. On the contrary, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570360
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International Environmental Agreements under Uncertainty: Does the Veil of Uncertainty Help?
Finus, Michael; Pintassilgo, Pedro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
Na and Shin (1998) showed that the veil of uncertainty can be conducive to the success of self-enforcing international environmental agreements. Later papers confirmed this negative conclusion about the role of learning. In the light of intensified research efforts worldwide to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465547