Economics of International Environmental Agreements: A Critical Approach / Edition 1

by M. Özgür Kayalica, Selim Çagatay, Hakan Mihçi

Overview

International environmental agreements provide a basis for countries to address ecological problems on a global scale. However, countries are heterogeneous with respect to their economic structures and to the problems relating to the environment that they encounter. Therefore, economic externalities and global environmental conflicts are common and can cause problems in implementation and compliance with international agreements.

Economics of International Environmental Agreements illuminates those issues and factors that might cause some countries or firms to take different positions on common problems. This book explores why international environmental agreements deal with some problems successfully but fail with others. The chapters address issues that are global in nature, such as: transboundary pollution, provision of global public goods, individual preferences of inequality- aversion, global cooperation, self-enforcing international environmental agreements, emission standards, abatement costs, environmental quota, technology agreement and adoption and international institutions. They examine the necessary conditions for the improved performance of international environmental agreements, how cooperation among countries can be improved and the incentives that can be created for voluntary compliance with international environmental agreements.

This text is of great importance to academics, students and policy makers who are interested in environmental economics, policy and politics, as well as environmental law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367877224
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2019
Series:	Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

M. Özgür Kayalıca is a professor of Economics at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. One of his main research interests is environmental economics, especially the environment and trade issues, with game theoretic applications.

Selim Çağatay is a professor of Economics at Akdeniz University, Turkey. His research focuses on sustainable development, migration and applied policy analysis.

Hakan Mıhçı is a professor of Economics at Hacettepe University, Turkey. One of his main research interests is development economics, especially human development and environment-related issues.

Table of Contents

List of figures viii

List of tables x

List of contributors xi

Introduction M. Özgür Kayalica Selim Cagatay Hakan Mihci 1

Part I Stability: external and internal 13

1 What drives compliance with international environmental agreements? A political economy analysis of international and national determinants Sarah Al Doyaili-Wangler Leo Wangler 15

2 Stable environmental agreements and international trade in asymmetric oligopoly markets Michel Cavagnac Guillaume Cheikbossian 35

3 The effects of inequality aversion on the formation of climate coalition: theory and experimental evidence Yu-Hsuan Lin 61

Part II Heterogeneous countries 77

4 Transnational environmental agreements with heterogeneous actors Achim Hagen Leonhard Kähler Klaus Eisenack 79

5 International trade and environmental cooperation among heterogeneous countries Soham Baksi Amrita Ray Chaudhuri 97

6 The effects of labour intensity and pollution damage on government policies and location choice Benan Zeki Orbay Narod Erkol 116

Part III Firm heterogeneity 133

7 Foreign penetration and environmental policies Sajal Lahiri Yingyi Tsai 135

8 Abatement level in environmental agreements when firms are heterogeneous in abatement costs Luis Gautier 145

9 Environmental quota in an asymmetric trade competition with heterogeneous firms Rafael Salvador Espinosa Ramírez M. Özgür Kayalica 165

Part IV Environmental technology 185

10 The effectiveness of international technology agreements for environmental issues: the impacts of R&D costs Chisa Kajita Toshiyuki Fujita 187

11 Adaptation technology and free-riding incentives in international environmental agreements Hassan Benchekroun Walid Marrouch Amrita Ray Chaudhuri 204

12 Cooperation in environmental standards when abatement technology differs Merve Kumas M. Özgür Kayalica Gülgün Kayakutlu 229

Part V International institutions 243

13 Challenges of governing international energy transitions: International Renewable Energy Agency as a solution? Yasemin Atalay 245

14 Carbon dioxide emissions in the carbon cycle frame: what will the future look like? Onur Tutulmaz Selim Çagatay 262

Concluding remarks M. Özgür Kayalica Selim Çagatay Hakan Mihçi 278

Index 287