Economics of International Environmental Agreements

M. Özgür Kayalıca is a professor of Economics at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. One of his main research interests is environmental economics, especially the environment and trade issues, with game theoretic applications.Selim Çağatay is a professor of Economics at Akdeniz University, Turkey. His research focuses on sustainable development, migration and applied policy analysis.Hakan Mıhçı is a professor of Economics at Hacettepe University, Turkey. One of his main research interests is development economics, especially human development and environment-related issues.

• IntroductionPart I Stability: External and Internal1. What Drives Compliance with International Environmental Agreements? A Political Economy Analysis of International and National DeterminantsSarah Al Doyaili and Leo Wangler2. Stable Environmental Agreements and International Trade In Asymmetric Oligopoly MarketsMichel Cavagnac and Guillaume Cheikbossian 3. The Effects of Inequality Aversion on the Formatıon of Climate Coalition: Theory and Experimental EvidenceYu-Hsuan LinPart II Heterogeneous Countries4. Transnational Environmental Agreements with Heterogeneous ActorsAchim Hagen, Leonhard Kähler and Klaus Eisenack5. International Trade and Environmental Cooperation among Heterogeneous CountriesSoham Baksi and Amrita Ray Chaudhuri6. The Effects of Labor Intensity and Pollution Damage on Government Policies and Location ChoiceBenan Zeki Orbay and Narod Erkol Part III Firm Heterogeneity7. Foreign Penetration and Environmental PoliciesSajal Lahiri and Yingyi Tsai8. Abatement Level in Environmental Agreements when Firms are Heterogeneous in Abatement Cost Luis Gautier9. Environmental Quota in an Asymmetric Trade Competition with Heterogeneous FirmsRafael Salvador Espinosa Ramirez and M. Özgür KayalıcaPart IV Environmental Technology 10. The Effectiveness of International Technology Agreements for Environmental Issues: The Impacts of R&D CostsChisa Kajita and Toshiyuki Fujita11. Adaptation Technology and Free-Riding Incentives in International Environmental AgreementsHassan Benchekroun, Walid Marrouch and Amrita Ray Chaudhuri12. Cooperation in Environmental Standarts when Abatement Technology DiffersMerve Kumaş, M. Özgür Kayalıca and Gülgün KayakutluPart V International Institutions13. Challenges of Governing International Energy Transitions: International Renewable Energy Agency as a Solution?Yasemin Atalay14. Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Carbon Cycle Frame: What will the Future Look Like?Onur Tutulmaz and Selim ÇağatayConcluding Remarks

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