Implications for Climate-Change Policy of Research on Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Implications for Climate-Change Policy of Research on Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

The problem of climate change seems to be a tragedy of the commons: despite the global benefits of reducing green-house gas emissions, no individual has any incentive to reduce his or her own emissions. Yet many people are making efforts to reduce...

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Main Author: Irwin, Timothy
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AIR
AIR TRAVEL
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION
CARBON
CARBON CREDITS
CARBON MARKETS
CARBON NEUTRAL
CITIES
CLEAN ENERGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATE-CHANGE POLICY
CO
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMON PROPERTY
COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE
COMMONS
COOPERATIVE EQUILIBRIUM
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT RATES
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
EQUILIBRIA
EQUILIBRIUM
ESTIMATES OF EMISSIONS
EXTERNALITY
FINANCIAL LOSS
FISHERY
FOREST
FOREST OWNERS
FOSSIL FUELS
GAS
GAS EMISSIONS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE-GAS
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GASES
GREENHOUSE-GAS
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
INTERVENTION
IPCC
LOCAL COMMONS
MONETARY INCENTIVES
MONETARY UNITS
NATURAL RESOURCES
PROBABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PURCHASE OF OFFSETS
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESOURCE USE
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4199

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