@article{45586,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We have collected data from a world-wide survey among COP delegates to empirically investigate preferences for certain burden sharing rules among key groups in a setting that reflects the possibility of observing concessions from negotiating partners. In our survey, the participants had the opportunity to select and combine up to eight (pre-defined) burden sharing rules and to assign relative weights to the selected rules in their preferred bundle. We examine whether such a mechanism helps to overcome the currently strictly (self-interested) strategic claims on equity in the negotiation process. We observe that delegates from different groups of countries show a general willingness for concessions. However, the degree to which different burden sharing rules are taken into consideration partly differs between countries. As a key insight we report that the individual assessment of the polluter-pays rule based on current emissions does not only stress the persistence of the traditional Annex-B/Non-Annex-B division but also suggests tendencies for a more fragmented grouping with different positions between, for example, delegates from developing countries (i.e. G77 members) and emerging countries (i.e. BASIC). At the same time, we observe tendencies for a more harmonized view among key groups towards the ability-to-pay rule in a setting of weighted burden sharing rules.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Kesternich, Martin and Löschel, Andreas and Ziegler, Andreas}},
  issn         = {{1432-847X}},
  journal      = {{Environmental Economics and Policy Studies}},
  keywords     = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{309--331}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
  title        = {{{Negotiating weights for burden sharing rules in international climate negotiations: an empirical analysis}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10018-020-00289-0}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}