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Global public goods (GPGs)--the economic term for a broad range of goods and services that benefit everyone, including stable climate, public health, and economic security--pose notable governance challenges. At the national level, public goods are often provided by government, but at the global level there is no established state-like entity to take charge of their provision. The complex nature of many GPGs poses additional problems of coordination, knowledge generation and the formation of citizen preferences. This book considers traditional public economy theory of public goods provision as oversimplified, because it is state centered and fiscally focused. It develops a multidisciplinary look at the challenges of understanding and designing appropriate governance regimes for different types of goods in such areas as the environment, food security, and development assistance.
About the author
Eric Brousseau is Professor of Economics at the University Paris Dauphine and at the European University Institute. Tom Dedeurwaerdere is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Governance at Universite catholique de Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Bernd Siebenhuner is Professor of Ecological Economics at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.
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