Mass support for global climate agreements depends on institutional design

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

Volumn 110, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 13763-13768

  Bechtel, Michael M ^a   Scheve, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental cooperation; Global warming; International institutions; International relations; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRANCE; GERMANY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882780907     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306374110     Document Type: Article

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