David G. Victor

UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

Professor and Director, ILAR

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, CA 92093-0519

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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1.

The Politics of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Dec 2009
David G. Victor
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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energy subsidies, climate change, reform, political economy, public administration, pressure groups, coal, oil, fossil fuels, electricity

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Energy and India's Foreign Policy

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Working Paper No. 75
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 May 2009
Jeremy Carl, Varun Rai and David G. Victor
Stanford University - Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, University of Texas at Austin - LBJ School of Public Affairs and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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India, Energy policy of India, Foreign policy of India, State-owned companies, Reforms in India

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The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Oct 2003
Kal Raustiala and David G. Victor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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international regimes, property rights, environment, intellectual property

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Political Science Research on International Law: The State of the Field

The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 106, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 47- 97
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2018
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy and George Washington University - Department of Political Science
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International Relations, International Law

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Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 44, No. 31, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Varun Rai and David G. Victor
University of Texas at Austin - LBJ School of Public Affairs and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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India, energy policy, climate change policy, technology transfer

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The Regime Complex for Climate Change

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2010
David G. Victor and Robert O. Keohane
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
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Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale: Lessons from the Growth of Analogous Energy Technologies

Energy Policy, Vol. 38, pp. 4089–4098, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 May 2009 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2012
Varun Rai, David G. Victor and Mark C. Thurber
University of Texas at Austin - LBJ School of Public Affairs, UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Stanford University - Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
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CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage, Technology Policy, Technology Diffusion, Climate change policy, Technological innovation

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The Cognitive Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2015
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Berkeley and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Political Psychology; Foreign Policy; Elites; Behavioral Economics; Crisis Bargaining

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PESD Carbon Storage Project Database

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 May 2009
Varun Rai, Ngai-Chi Chung, Mark C. Thurber and David G. Victor
University of Texas at Austin - LBJ School of Public Affairs, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Stanford University - Program on Energy and Sustainable Development and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, Technology Deployment, CCS Projects, CCS Database

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A Behavioral Approach to International Legal Cooperation

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2012
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Merced, UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy and UC San Diego Division of Social SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
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international law, behavioral economics, survey experiment

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Predictability versus Flexibility: Secrecy in International Investment Arbitration

World Politics. 1-41, 2016
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 May 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2018
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Luskin School of Public Affairs and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Investment, Arbitration, Transparency, Secrecy, World Bank, ICSID, Industry, Reform

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Lobbying at the Water's Edge: The Corporate Foreign Policy Lobby

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Nov 2015
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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How Activists Perceive the Utility of International Law

Journal of Politics, Vol. 78, No.1, 2015
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2018
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Merced and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Water Management Policy in Brazil

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Oct 2015
David G. Victor, Paulo Almeida and Linda Wong
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of Sao Paulo and University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Water; management; policies; Brazil

Collective Action at Local and Global Scales: The Next Collaborative Agenda

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
David G. Victor
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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regime complex, climate change, common pool resources, experimental research

Collective Action at Local and Global Scales: The Next Collaborative Agenda

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Aug 2011
David G. Victor
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Politics and Economics of Second-Best Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Importance of Regulatory Credibility

The Energy Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2011, FEEM Working Paper No. 29.2010, CMCC Research Paper No. 87
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Valentina Bosetti and David G. Victor
Bocconi University and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Greenhouse Gases, Second-best Regulation

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How the Prospect of Non-Compliance Affects Elite Preferences for International Cooperation: Evidence from a 'Lab in the Field' Experiment

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 May 2014 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2015
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Merced and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Enforcement, Screening, Uncertainty, International Cooperation, Trade, Experiments, Elites, Compliance

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Design of workplace and destination-based EV charging networks considering driver behavior, habits, and preferences

Renewable Energy, 2025[10.1016/j.renene.2025.122441]
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025
University of California San Diego, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD, University of California San Diego, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Melbourne, University of California San Diego and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Decarbonization, electric vehicle, electrification, human behavior, mobility, transportation

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The Role of Self-Interest in Elite Bargaining

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. December 30, 2014, Vol. 111 no. 52
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2018
University of California, Merced, University of California, Berkeley, UC San Diego Division of Social SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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self-interest, bargaining, elites, ultimatum game, game theory

The Role of Self-Interest in Elite Bargaining

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014, 111(52)
Posted: 19 Aug 2019
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Merced, University of California, Berkeley, UC San Diego Division of Social SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

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self-interest, bargaining, elites, ultimatum game, game theory

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Electric Vehicle Charging at the Workplace: Experimental Evidence on Incentives and Environmental Nudges

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 11445
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 03 Dec 2024
School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California San Diego, University of Melbourne and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Against Secrecy: The Social Cost of International Dispute Settlement

45 Yale Journal of International Law, 2017, Forthcoming, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 16-33, ILAR Working Paper No. 25
Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2018
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW) and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

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International Settlement, ICSID, Secrecy, International Adjudication, International Law

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National Oil Companies and the Future of the Oil Industry

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 445-462, 2013
Posted: 11 Oct 2013
David G. Victor
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

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Decision Maker Preferences for International Legal Cooperation

Posted: 08 Dec 2011
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Merced, UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy and UC San Diego Division of Social SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

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international law, behavioral economics, survey experiment

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Modeling Technological Change: Implications for the Global Environment

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, Vol. 24, pp. 545-569, 1999
Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Arnulf Grubler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic and David G. Victor
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

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On the Regulation of Geoengineering

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 322-336, 2008
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
David G. Victor
UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

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abrupt catastrophic climate change, climate policy strategy, research and development policy, F51, F53, F55, F59, K32, K33, Q54, Q56, Q58