
handle: 10419/59673
I develop a dynamic model of costly private provision of public goods where agents can also invest in cost-reducing technologies. Despite the n+1 stocks in the model, the analysis is tractable and the (Markov perfect) equilibrium unique. The framework is used to derive optimal incomplete contracts in a dynamic setting. If the agents can contract on provision levels, but not on investments, they invest suboptimally little, particularly if the contract is short-term or close to its expiration date. To encourage sufficient investments, the optimal and equilibrium contract is more ambitious if it is short-lasting, and it is tougher to satisfy close to its expiration date. If renegotiation is possible, such a contract implements the first best. The results have important implications for how to design a climate treaty.
renegotiation design, Q54, ddc:330, climate change and climate agreements, dynamic private provision of public goods, dynamic common-pool problems, D86, H87, Q54, F53 [Dynamic private provision of public goods, dynamic common-pool problems, dynamic hold-up problems, incomplete contracts, renegotiation design, climate change and climate agreements JEL Classification Numbers], dynamic hold-up problems, H87, D86, incomplete contracts, F53
renegotiation design, Q54, ddc:330, climate change and climate agreements, dynamic private provision of public goods, dynamic common-pool problems, D86, H87, Q54, F53 [Dynamic private provision of public goods, dynamic common-pool problems, dynamic hold-up problems, incomplete contracts, renegotiation design, climate change and climate agreements JEL Classification Numbers], dynamic hold-up problems, H87, D86, incomplete contracts, F53
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