Technology spillovers and stability of international climate coalitions

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-365

  Nagashima, Miyuki ^a,b   Dellink, Rob ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change modelling; International environmental agreements; Non cooperative game theory; Technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; INCENTIVE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 55849099627     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-008-9079-1     Document Type: Article

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