Sustainable Development and International Distribution: Theory and Application to Rainforests
Journal
Review of International Economics
Type
journal article
Date Issued
1996-06-01
Author(s)
Mohr, Ernst
Abstract
A situation is analyzed in which two countries negotiate the financing of costs that accrue if one of them switches onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental resources, but at an ever declining rate as long as development remains nonsustainable. In an application to the protection of tropical rainforests it is shown that North to South redistribution of welfare would be substantial, yet the North would still gain enormously in efficiency terms. An explanation is given of why the Rio Conference failed in terms of rainforest protection.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Blackwell
Volume
4
Number
2
Start page
152
End page
171
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
40173