The voluntary provision of a pure public good: The case of reduced CFC emissions and the Montreal protocol

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-349

  Murdoch, James C ^a   Sandler, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFCs; Montreal protocol; Nash equilibrium; Ozone shield; Public good

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031065856     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01598-8     Document Type: Article

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