Why cooperate? : the incentive to supply global public goods / Scott Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett, Scott (Professor of natural resource economics)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public goods.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Barrett provides a thought provoking introduction to the issues surrounding the provision of global public goods. Using a variety of examples to illustrate past successes and failures, he shows how international cooperation, institutional design and the clever use of incentives can work together to ensure effective delivery of global public goods. - ;Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats poses a serious global challenge, but ignoring them could have disastrous consequences. How do we e

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Incentives to Supply Global Public Goods; 1. Single Best Efforts: Global Public Goods that Can Be Supplied Unilaterally or Minilaterally; 2. Weakest Links: Global Public Goods that Depend on the States that Contribute the Least; 3. Aggregate Efforts: Global Public Goods that Depend on the Combined Efforts of All States; 4. Financing and Burden Sharing: Paying for Global Public Goods; 5. Mutual Restraint: Agreeing What States Ought Not to Do

6. Coordination and Global Standards: Agreeing What States Ought to Do7. Development: Do Global Public Goods Help Poor States?; Conclusions: Institutions for the Supply of Global Public Goods; Endnotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786611160869

9780199585212

0199585210

9780191526381

019152638X

9781281160867

1281160865

9781435606906

1435606906

OCLC:

476246809