Buchholz, Wolfgang and Peters, Wolfgang (2005) A Rawlsian approach to international cooperation. KYKLOS, 58 (1). pp. 25-44. ISSN 0023-5962,
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Both the economic theory of federalism and international environmental economics are interested in finding conditions under which countries or groups of countries would like to start cooperation with other countries. In the framework of the standard public-good model this paper presents a criterion for individually rational and thus voluntary international cooperation aiming at the provision of an international public good. This basic criterion can be traced back to Wicksell and Rawls and reflects the idea of reciprocity. In a further step, it is used to specify determinants that affect the decision of a group of countries to enter a coalition. It turns out that in this context the adjustment behavior of the original coalition members as well as that of the remaining outsiders is of particular importance. Finally the theoretical considerations are confronted with actual behavior of countries and groups of countries (as the EU, US and the developing countries) in the Kyoto process leading to a discussion of further prospects for global climate-change policy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PUBLIC-GOODS; PRIVATE PROVISION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; EMISSIONS; ECONOMICS; TRANSFERS; LESSONS; NATIONS; MODEL; |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Entpflichtete oder im Ruhestand befindliche Professoren > Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, insbesondere Umweltökonomie (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buchholz) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2021 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2021 09:30 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/36758 |
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