On the self-interested use of equity in international climate negotiations |
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Authors: | Andreas Lange Andreas Löschel Andreas Ziegler |
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Institution: | a University of Maryland, AREC, 2200 Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA b Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany c University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany d University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | We discuss self-interested uses of equity arguments in international climate negotiations. Using unique data from a world-wide survey of agents involved in international climate policy, we show that the perceived support of different equity rules by regions may be explained by the ranking of their economic costs. Despite being self-interested, equity arguments may be perceived as being used for different reasons, for example, out of fairness considerations or in order to facilitate negotiations. Consistent with experimental and behavioral studies on fairness perceptions, we find that individuals are more likely to state reasons with positive attributes if they evaluate their own region or regions that support the individual's personally preferred equity rule. Negotiators perceive the use of equity by regions as less influenced by pressure from interest groups. |
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Keywords: | C7 D63 H41 Q54 |
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