The Economics of Transnational Commons [Hardcover]

This is a multi-disciplinary volume of papers on the issue of common property resources such as forests, fisheries, the atmosphere, rivers, and oceans, ownership of which is common or shared. Management of these resources is especially complex if ownership is shared between nations. The contributors include distinguished economists, demographers, lawyers, and scientists.

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1. Introduction
2. Game-Theorisitic Models of Bargaining: An Introduction for Economists Studying the Transnational Commons
3. Transnational River Basins: Pervasive Unidirectional Externalities
4. The Interdependence between Environment and Development: Marine Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea
5. The Value of Biodiversity
6. Population Growth, Physical Resources, and Human Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
7. Global Commons: Can they be Managed?
8. How Should International Greenhouse Gas Agreements Be Designed?
9. The International Protection of the Environment: Voluntary Agreements among Sovereign Countries
10. Protecting the Transnational Commons
11. Implications of a World Economy for Environmental Policy and Law
12. Cultural Beliefs as a Common Resource in an Integrating World
13. Cultural Diversity in the Global Ecumene
Index