Playing a better global warming game: does it help to be green?

Reference:

Endres, A. and Finus, M., 1998. Playing a better global warming game: does it help to be green? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 134 (1), pp. 21-40.

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Official URL:

http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ses:arsjes:1998-i-2

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• http://www.sjes.ch/papers/1998-I-2.pdf

Abstract

It is commonly believed that an increase in environmental awareness is conducive to the protection of the global commons. Moreover, it has been proposed that governments should "give a good example" by unilaterally reducing emissions. In a simple analytical framework it is shown that these relations are less straightforward than intuitively expected. On the contrary: "good intentions" might lead to lower abatement targets within an international environmental agreement and to lower stability due to strategic behavior of governments.

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