the coalition information exchange decreases until a minimum participation consisting of three countries is reached. We … also find that the grand coalition is stable if the countries sign an international research joint venture but in this case …

This paper analyses endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners … market. The equilibrium coalition outcome is either between the two most efficient firms, or a coalition with all three firms …. The two-firm coalition is the preferred outcome of a welfare maximising authority if ex ante marginal cost is sufficiently …

This paper analyses the endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners … there is no co-operation in the product market. We show that the equilibrium coalition outcome is either one between the two … most efficient firms, or a coalition with all three firms. The two-firm coalition is the preferred outcome of a welfare …

becomes legally binding if and only if a certain threshold in terms of membership or contribution is reached. We analyze a … cartel game with open membership and heterogeneous countries to study the endogenous choice of a minimum participation rule … environmental agreements ; coalition formation ; transboundary pollution ; environmental policy coordination …

investigate stability of partial climate coalitions. Technology spillovers to coalition members increase their incentives to stay … in the coalition and reduce abatement costs, which leads to larger global payoffs and a lower global CO2 stock. Several …

the assumptions of a single agreement and open membership rule. It turns out that regional agreements are superior to a … single agreement and exclusive is superior to open membership in welfare and ecological terms. Moreover, we show the …

spillovers in technology agreements. We utilize the coalition-proof concept to refine the set of Nash equilibria and identify …