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Measuring the Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes

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ID6284186
AuthorsCarsten Helm (0000-0002-4884-163X, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg), Detlef F Sprinz (0000-0002-2255-6988, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Detlef Sprinz (University of Potsdam)
Year2000
Volume44
Issue5
Pages630-652
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002700044005004
OpenAlexW2017680269
LanguageEN
Citations received77
References cited40

Although past research has emphasized the importance of international regimes for international governance, systematic assessments of regime effects are missing. This article derives a standardized measurement concept for the effectiveness of international environmental regimes. It is based on a simultaneous evaluation of actual policy against a no-regime counterfactual and a collective optimum. Subsequently, the empirical feasibility of the measurement concept is demonstrated by way of two international treaties regulating transboundary air pollution in Europe. The results demonstrate that the regimes indeed show positive effects—but fall substantially short of the collective optima

Corporate governance · Counterfactual thinking · Economics · Environmental governance · International relations · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · International Environmental Law and Policies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Transboundary Water Resource Management

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Citation span1999 - 2026 (28)
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