Global environmental problems, efficiency and limited altruism

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Global environmental problems, efficiency and limited altruism

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Johansson-Stenman, Olof () (Department of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University)

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Global environmental problems are often assumed to imply extensive inefficiencies since there is no global authority corresponding to the government at a national level. This paper shows, on the contrary, that rich countries in a free unregulated market may still undertake globally efficient abatement investments, given the existence of limited nonpaternalistic altruism.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 139.

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Date of creation: 09 Aug 2004
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- Johansson-Stenman, Olof, 2005. "Global environmental problems, efficiency and limited altruism," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 86(1), pages 101-106, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism
Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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