Global public good provision (e.g. environmental quality) confronts us with problems demanding both national and international co-operation. However among sovereign nations reaching agreement on mutual public good provision is difficult. Slowing down global warming is just one example. Due to...

Global public good provision (e.g. environmental quality) confronts us with problems demanding both national and international co-operation. However among sovereign nations reaching agreement on mutual public good provision is difficult. Slowing down global warming is just one example. Due to...

The diffusion of greenhouse gases in the earth atmosphere confronts us with problems demanding both national and international cooperation. For every single state it is attractive that other countries commit themselves to climate protection whereas the own state - using the free-rider-strategy -...