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International Equity and Differentiation in Global Warming Policy

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Adam Rose
Brandt Stevens
Jae Edmonds
Marshall Wise
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ne of the major obstacles to reaching a comprehensive agreement on global warming is the setting of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for individual countries. Long-standing tensions between industrialized and developing countries have raised the issue of equity in burden-sharing. Moreover, individual industrialized nations have pleaded special circumstances and have sought differentiation in their obligations. This paper analyzes alternative rules for distributing tradable carbon dioxide emissions permits. A non-linear programming model, which distinguishes between allocation-based and outcome-based rules, is used to analyze the relative welfare outcomes. The model is applied to the world body of nations and yields several important policy implications. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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Article provided by European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists in its journal Environmental and Resource Economics.

Volume (Year): 12 (1998)
Issue (Month): 1 (July)
Pages: 25-51
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Keywords: global warming tradeable permits equity non-linear programming

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  1. Lange, Andreas & Vogt, Carsten & Ziegler, Andreas, 2006. "On the Importance of Equity in International Climate Policy: An Empirical Analysis," ZEW Discussion Papers 06-42, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Thierry, BRECHET & Marc, GERMAIN & Philippe, MONFORT, 2003. "Spécialisation internationale et partage de la charge en matière de réduction de la pollution," Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) Discussion Paper 2003019, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES). [Downloadable!]
  5. Ian A. MacKenzie, & Nick Hanley & Tatiana Kornienko, 2008. "A Permit Allocation Contest for a Tradable Pollution Permit Market," Economics working paper series 08/82, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich. [Downloadable!]
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