The Biodiversity Bargaining Problem

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 609-628

  Gatti, Rupert ^a   Goeschl, Timo ^b   Groom, Ben ^c   Swanson, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Incremental costs; International environmental agreements; Nash cooperative bargaining; North south bargaining; Rational threats

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

COOPERATIVE BARGAINING; INCREMENTAL COST; INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS; NORTH-SOUTH BARGAINING; RATIONAL THREATS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BARGAINING; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952617974     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9416-z     Document Type: Article

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