Stable International Environmental Agreements: Large Coalitions that Achieve Little

Stable International Environmental Agreements: Large Coalitions that Achieve Little

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A standard result of coalition formation games is that stable coalitions are very small if the coalition plays Nash vis-à-vis the rest of the world and if abatement ESTRO SENSE costs are quadratic.It has been shown that larger coalitions and even the grand coalition are possible if the marginal abatement cost is concave.The paper confirms this result, but shows that abatement activities by large coalitions smaller than the grand coalition can be very small.

This can be ‘repaired’ only by assuming that the marginal abatement heat cost curve changes its curvature extremely once the stable coalition has been reached.