Better to give than to receive? Altruistic provision of a global public good

Ramses Abul Naga and Philip Jones

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 3, 480-483

Abstract: Developed countries may gain more than developing countries from the provision of a global public good: the greater their valuation of the good, the higher the productivity of developing countries’ contributions and the more developed countries derive satisfaction from altruism.

Keywords: Global public goods; Altruism; Efficient treaties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 H81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.108

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