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This paper focuses on two equity dimensions of climate policy, intra- and intergenerational equity, and analyzes the implications of equity preferences on climate policy, and on the production and consumption patterns in rich and poor countries. We develop a dynamic two-region model, in which...
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heterogene Ungleichheitsaversion zu signifikant mehr freiwilliger Kooperation im Klimaschutz führt. Allerdings kann auch im …
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assume a social welfare function and hence a particular attitude towards equity and justice. We show that previous approaches …
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Obtaining significant levels of cooperation in public good and environmental games, under the assumption of players being purely selfish, is usually prevented by the problem of freeriding. Coalitions, in fact, generally fail to be internally stable and this cause a serious underprovision of the...
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assume a social welfare function and hence a particular attitude towards equity and justice. We show that previous approaches …
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This is the first article on expanding the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to households in which law and economics is combined with behavioral science. The article gathers relevant theoretical insights and discusses how established empirical findings can be used to design a...
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Greenhouse gases generate impacts that can last longer than human civilization itself. Such persistence may affect the behavioral ability to cooperate. Here we study mitigation efforts within a framework that reflects key features of climate change and then contrasts a dynamic versus a static...
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According to the endowment effect there is some discomfort associated with giving up a good, that is to say, we are willing to give up something only if the price is greater than the price we are willing to pay for it. This implies that the indifference curves should designate a reference point...
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In mainstream economics individuals are supposed to be driven only by their self-interest. By contrast, surveys clearly show that people do care about fairness in their demand for redistribution. In this article, in the spirit of the "new synthesis" in moral psychology (Haidt, 2007: The new...
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We develop a framework for natural resource valuation that directly addresses the fundamental collective action problem in environmental protection. Our framework uses the lessons of behavioral economics to create values that individual decision makers find credible and relatable, in addition to...
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