Self-enforcing strategies to deter free-riding in the climate change mitigation game and other repeated public good games

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 15739-15744

  Heitzig, Jobst ^a   Lessmann, Kai ^a   Zou, Yong ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global warming; International climate agreement; Renegotiation proofness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAME THEORY; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053133836     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106265108     Document Type: Article

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