Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155207 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 44.2001
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper applies the theory of social situations to international environmental agreements on greenhouse gas emission reduction. The usual pessimism on the size of stable coalitions among world regions is challenged for two alternative cases, namely by introducing farsightedness and by introducing coalitional moves with commitment. This is an extension of stability in the cartel game, where a cartel symbolises a coalition among world regions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is a special case of the commitment situation, which has been proposed in the theory of social situations. The results are obtained by restricting the move rules in the game among world regions.
Subjects: 
Coalitions
coalitional moves
cooperation
theory of social situations
international negotiations
climate change
JEL: 
C7
F42
Q2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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