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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

of view of stability. After recalling the two competing concepts of stability in use in the IEA literature, new insights …. Free riding is also evaluated in relation with the alternative forms of stability under scrutiny. Finally, it is asked … efficiency and stability. A skeptical answer is offered, as a reply to Barrett’s (2003) attempt at giving the notion a specific …

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How the Rules of Coalition Formation Affect Stability of International Environmental Agreements

Finus, Michael; Rundshagen, Bianca - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003

This paper compares stability of international environmental agreements for six different rules of coalition formation … coalitions. From a policy perspective, counterintuitively, it turns out that stability is higher under exclusive than under open … membership and stability increases with the degree of unanimity. We discuss the policy implications of our result for future …

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Multiple Membership and Federal Sructures

Savvateev, Alexei; Breton, Michel Le; Makarov, Valery; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

We consider a model of the “world" with several regions that may create a unified entity or be partitioned into several unions (countries). The regions have distinct preferences over policies chosen in the country to which they belong and equally share the cost of public policies. It is known...

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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...

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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...

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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 … we use the STACO model, a 12-regions global model, to assess the impact of welldesigned transfer rules on the stability …

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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...

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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...

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Equity and Justice in Global Warming Policy

Kverndokk, Snorre; Rose, Adam - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

Many countries are implementing or at least considering policies to counter increasingly certain negative impacts from climate change. An increasing amount of research has been devoted to the analysis of the costs of climate change and its mitigation, as well as to the design of policies, such...

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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 minimize the agreement costs of controlling emissions and...

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