Winners and Losers in a World with Global Warming: Noncooperation, Altruism, and Social Welfare

Authors

Arthur J. Caplan, Utah State UniversityFollow
Christopher J. Ellis, University of OregonFollow
Emilson C. D. Silva, University of Oregon

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volume

37

Issue

3

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5-1999

First Page

256

Last Page

271

Abstract

In this paper, global warming is an asymmetric transboundary externality which benefits some countries or regions and harms others. We use a simple two-country model to analyze the effects of global warming on resource allocations, the global-warming stock, and national and global welfare.

Recommended Citation

Caplan, Arthur J.; Ellis, Christopher J.; and Silva, Emilson C. D., "Winners and Losers in a World with Global Warming: Noncooperation, Altruism, and Social Welfare" (1999). Applied Economics Faculty Publications. Paper 1246.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/appecon_facpub/1246