In this paper, we use the two region CETA-M model to explore some related issues raised by the current interest in CO2 concentration targets as a possible climate change policy objective. First, we identify possible cost and benefit assumptions that would make particular concentration ceilings...

Two basic questions that arise in international policy debates over greenhouse gas emission reduction are: (1) How much to control? and (2) Who pays? In this paper, we investigate the interdependence between these two issues. We characterize general conditions under which the Pareto-optimal...