We assume like Bergstrom (1989) and Dijkstra (2007) that each child's utility is treated as a normal good in the altruistic head's utility function, and show that if utility functions lead to Almost Transferable Utility children can manipulate the tradeoff between their own utility and the...

We envision the creation of a climate liability market to address climate change. Each period, countries would be made liable for their past responsibility in current climate damage. We show that this yields the same first-best incentives to reduce emissions as a Pigovian tax. Also, because...