On the Self-Interested Use of Equity in International Climate Negotiations

摘要: We discuss self-interested uses of equity arguments in international climate negotiations. Using unique data from a world-wide survey agents involved policy, we show that the perceived support different rules by countries or groups may be explained their economic costs. Despite being self-interested, as used for reasons, example, out fairness considerations order to facilitate Consistent with experimental and behavioral studies on perceptions, find individuals are more likely state reasons positive attributes if they evaluate own region regions individual's personally preferred rule. Negotiators perceive use less influenced pressure interest groups.