International environmental cooperation with risk aversion

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 378-392

  Endres, Alfred ^a,b   Ohl, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Cooperative push'; Environmental policy assessment; International environmental agreements; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0347659158     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2003.004229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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