We show that essentially every communication equilibrium of any finite Bayesian game with two players can be …. -- Bayesian game ; cheap talk ; communication equilibrium ; correlated equilibrium ; pre-play communication …

We propose a semi-cooperative game theoretic approach to check whether a given coalition is stable in a Bayesian game …) coalitional equilibrium, describe a (cooperative) partition form game. A coalition is core-stable if the core of a suitable …

; coalition formation ; endogenous institutions …

international agreement on emission reductions. We consider a situation where a coalition of countries does not cooperate on …. The equilibrium size of such a coalition, as well as equilibrium emissions, depends on the distribution across countries … of countries will reduce (or leave unchanged) the equilibrium coalition size. However, the effect of such an increase in …

climate damage asymmetry tends to discourage cooperation in the grand coalition. The effects of fuel-demand asymmetry depend … on fossil fuel abundance. If fuel is very abundant, the grand coalition fails to be stable independent of the degree of … higher degrees of asymmetry stabilize the grand coalition. …

non-coalition countries with regard to emissions and welfare and compare business as usual with the coalition … liberalization by moving from autarky to free trade. Although the coalition steps up its mitigation effort, world emissions rise … environment as well as for the coalition countries' welfare and the aggregate welfare of all countries; it reduces the range of …