We analyze bargaining over international climate agreements in a setting with incomplete information about abatement costs. Unilateral commitment to high abatement reduces the gains from global cooperation. This reduces the probability of reaching efficient international environmental...

The future consequences of climate change are highly uncertain. Today, the exact size of possible future damages are widely unknown. Governments try to cope with these risks by investing in mitigation and adaptation measures. Mitigation aims at a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions whereas...

This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorisation of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...

This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorisation of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...

In the context of international tax coordination incomplete information is one of the well-known frictions that can lead to bargaining failure and might explain a lack of observed coordination. We consider international negotiations about tax coordination under complete and incomplete...

Die Ausbreitung von Covid-19 über alle Grenzen hinweg hat die Politik weltweit vor große Herausforderungen gestellt. Die Bekämpfung der Pandemie hat auch die Interdependenzen zwischen den nationalen Politikreaktionen deutlich gemacht. Nationale Maßnahmen der Pandemiebekämpfung zeitigen...

In vielen Ländern hat die Reaktion auf die Covid-Pandemie tiefe Löcher in die staatlichen Kassen gerissen. Die deutsche Politik diskutiert deshalb über eine einmalige Vermögensabgabe zur Senkung der Schuldenquote. Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat beim Bundesministerium der Finanzen (2021) hat...

Damage created by an export embargo on exhaustible resources is typically much smaller than the foregone revenues. Sanctions prompt the sanctioned country to extract resources later. With competitive resource markets, sanctions create no costs-to any of the countries. With non-price takers, the...