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Negotiating Climate Change as a Social Situation

Lise Wietze
VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)

Richard S. J. Tol
VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM); Carnegie Mellon University - Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change; University of Hamburg - Centre for Marine and Climate Research (ZMK); Princeton University

Bob Van der Zwaan
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) - Policy Studies Department; Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government

June 2001

FEEM Working Paper No. 44.2001

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.

Keywords: Coalitions, coalitional moves, cooperation, theory of social situations, international negotiations, climate change

JEL Classifications: C7, F42, Q2

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Date posted: August 04, 2001 ; Last revised: September 10, 2001

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Wietze, Lise, Tol, Richard S. J. and Van der Zwaan, Bob, Negotiating Climate Change as a Social Situation (June 2001). FEEM Working Paper No. 44.2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=278512 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.278512

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Lise Wietze (Contact Author) VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) ( email ) De Boelelaan 1115 1081 HV Amsterdam 1081 HV Netherlands +31-20-4449503 (Phone) +31-20-4449553 (Fax)
Richard S.J. Tol VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) ( email ) De Boelelaan 1115 1081 HV Amsterdam 1081 HV Netherlands +31 20 444 9555 (Phone) +31 20 444 9553 (Fax)
Carnegie Mellon University - Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 United States
University of Hamburg - Centre for Marine and Climate Research (ZMK) Troplowitzstrasse 7 D-22529 Hamburg Germany
Princeton University ( email ) 22 Chambers Street Princeton, NJ 08544 United States
Bob Van der Zwaan Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) - Policy Studies Department ( email ) P.O. Box 37154 1030 AD, Amsterdam Netherlands
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government ( email ) 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

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