Providing global public goods under uncertainty

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 591-603

  Boucher, Vincent ^a   Bramoullé, Yann ^b  

^a Canada H3A 2T7   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global public goods; International agreements; Risk aversion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955276300     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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