Sharing R&D Investments in Cleaner Technologies to Mitigate Climate Change
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It
Étiqueté : Technology spillovers
A good opening: the key to make the most of unilateral climate action
In this Belfer Center’s paper, the authors argue that when a subgroup of countries cooperate on emission reduction, the optimal response of non-signatories countries reflects the interaction between three potentially opposing factors, the incentive to free-ride on the benefits of cooperation, the incentive to expand the demand of fossil fuels, and the incentive to adopt cleaner technologies introduced by the coalition.
