The burden sharing of pollution abatement costs, e.g. in the Kyoto protocol context, raises the debated question to know who (which country or which region) should bear what cost. With a model of specific factors reflecting international specialization, we show that it is impossible to abate...

Federalism is first posed as one among many conceivable forms of organization of a State. Economic benefits and costs are considered next and discussed. Finally, the federal institution is taken up from the point of view of the decision processes that operate within it. A basic distinction is...