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Discounting and Relative Consumption
(2013-03)
We analyze optimal social discount rates when people derive utility from relative consumption. We compare the social, private, and conventional Ramsey rates. Assuming a positive growth rate, we find that 1) the social ...
Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities and Overlapping Policies
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-09)
In this paper, we analyze the effects of the interaction between national and local policies designed to reduce an environmental externality that causes environmental damages both nationally and locally. We formulate a ...
Common ground for effort sharing? Preferred principles for distributing climate mitigation efforts
(2011-03)
This paper fills a gap in the current academic and policy literature concerning how
parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change find
common ground when distributing commitments and responsibilities ...
Natural Resource Management: Challenges and Policy Options
(2011-01)
Much of the improvement in living standards in developed and developing countries alike is attributable to the exploitation of nonrenewable and renewable resources. The problem is to know when the exploitation occurs at ...