Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/107125 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 15-009
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Recent contributions to the theoretical and experimental literature suggest that minimum participation rules (MPRs) are able to reduce free-riding incentives and may facilitate cooperation (or at least coordination) at the extensive margin of international environmental agreements. Based on a dataset from a world-wide survey among delegates in international climate negotiations, this paper assesses preferences for different MPRs for a future climate treaty among key players. The empirical findings provide evidence that small countries with low bargaining power rather opt for large minimum membership requirements while industrialized countries push forward the idea of a small carbon club of the largest emitters only. In contrast, delegates from countries in transition try to keep emission thresholds rather low which would allow a future agreement to come into force without their signature.
Subjects: 
international climate negotiations
minimum participation rules
JEL: 
C72
C92
H41
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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