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Self-enforcing International Environmental Agreements with Costly Monitoring for Compliance

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  • David McEvoy & John Stranlund, 2009. "Self-enforcing International Environmental Agreements with Costly Monitoring for Compliance," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 42(4), pages 491-508, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:42:y:2009:i:4:p:491-508
    DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9220-1
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    Keywords

    International environmental agreements; Self-enforcing agreements; Compliance; Monitoring; Q5; H41; C72; F53;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations

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