Playing a Better Global Warming Game: Does it Help to be Green?

Alfred Endres and Michael Finus ()

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 1998, vol. 134, issue I, pages 21-40

Abstract: It is commonly believed that an increase in environmental awareness is conducive to the protection of the global commons. Moreover, it has been proposed that governments should "give a good example" by unilaterally reducing emissions. In a simple analytical framework it is shown that these relations are less straightforward than intuitively expected. On the contrary: "Good intentions" might lead to lower abatement targets within an international environmental agreement and to lower stability due to strategic behavior of governments.

Date: 1998
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