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Title Analyzing global environmental issues : theoretical and experimental applications and their policy implications / edited by Ariel Dinar and Amnon Rapoport
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages)
Series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
Routledge explorations in environmental economics.
Contents Analyzing Global Environmental Issues Theoretical and experimental applications and their policy implications; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Global and environmental issues: theoretical applications and policy implications; Part I Experimental economics applications; 2 Coordinating to protect the global climate: inequality and communication in the experimental lab; 3 The role of information in the tragedy of the commons; 4 Environmental negotiations under uncertainty: can they improve welfare?
5 Enforced geographic separation as a factor in avoiding the tragedy of the commons6 Experimental studies of games with a dynamic public bad; Part II Game theory and political economy applications; 7 Regional fisheries management organizations and the new member problem: from theory to policy; 8 Haggling on the verge of disaster; 9 The dynamics of collective actions that protect the environment against the worst effects of globalization; 10 Informal agreements in transboundary water resources; 11 Efficient use of the Mekong River Basin: a joint management approach
12 Models of repression and revolt in autocracies: a specific point of view on the Arab Spring13 Optimal tariffs on exhaustible resources: the case ofquantity-setting; 14 Amarket-based design for international environmental agreements; Index
Summary The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing. Global issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and pollution, as well as revolts and protests against corporations, regimes, and other central authorities, are the result of increased levels of externalities among individuals and nations. These all require policy intervention at international and global levels. This book includes chapters by experts proposing game theo
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Subject Environmental policy -- Economic aspects
Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
Globalization -- Environmental aspects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects
Environmental policy -- International cooperation
Globalization -- Environmental aspects
Miljöpolitik -- ekonomiska aspekter.
Globalisering -- miljöaspekter.
Form Electronic book
Author Dinar, Ariel, 1947-
Rapoport, Amnon.
ISBN 9781136238956
1136238956
Other Titles Theoretical and experimental applications and their policy implications