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substantial externality on the rest of the world. We analyze whether the threat of counter-geoengineering technologies capable of … international cooperation. Our game-theoretical model of asymmetric countries allows for a rigorous analysis of the strategic …
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This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international … cooperation on GHG emission reductions. In order to analyze the scope of cooperation, a three-stage technology agreement formation …
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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 …
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The Kyoto summit initiated an international game of cap and trade. Unlike a national policy, the essence of this game is the self-selection of national emission targets. This differs from the standard global public-goods game because targets are met in the context of a global carbon market. This...
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international agreements as variations of the public-goods game, and examine the incentives for cooperation under each alternative … familiar from both the Kyoto and Copenhagen climate summits. Since cap-and-trade rules decrease cooperation by developing … targets. To break this deadlock and shift the equilibrium toward cooperation, a modification of the public-goods game based on …
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This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects associated with the extraction of natural resources and the transition from an economy based on fossil fuel use to an economy relying primarily on renewable energy sources. Chapter 1...
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The paper looks at the global environment as a public good and as a sink for CO2-emissions. It discusses problems to be solved in institutional arrangements to protect global environmental media and looks at criteria for allocating the costs of emission reduction and emission rights. It analyzes...
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Many poor countries are ill-adapted to the current leave alone a changing future climate, because they lack the necessary financial means to invest in efficient and costeffective safeguarding measures. International endeavours to fund institutions, such as the Green Climate Fund, to provide...
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