Leadership and Free-Riding: Decomposing and Explaining the Paradox of Cooperation in International Environmental Agreements
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IEAs; Public goods; Stable coalitions; Climate change; Pollution abatement; Asymmetry; Transfers;All these keywords.
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- C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
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