American and Canadian Environmental Federalism; A Game‐Theoretic Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6330322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Martin Gillroy (0000-0002-1127-9233, Bucknell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 360-388 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1999.tb01973.x |
| OpenAlex | W1995364641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
To understand why environmental federalism is different in Canada and the United States, one might begin with the initial strategic realities that faced the Fathers of Canadian Confederation and the Framers of the Constitution of the United States. This essay examines federalism from a game‐theoretic point of view, to integrate and expose the rational properties of the decision to federate and the logical entailments of that choice for environmental policy within two specific strategic contexts. Specifically, I suggest that American environmental federalism has arisen in response to the strategic reality of a Prisoner's Dilemma, while Canadian environmental federalism can be analyzed as an effort to regulate confrontations within a game of Chicken. In addition to the analysis of each federated structure, evidence from five case studies demonstrates the usefulness of games to the study of comparative federalism
Constitution · Cooperative federalism · Dilemma · Dual federalism · Economics · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Epistemology · Federalism · Game theory · Law and economics · Mathematical economics · Political science · Politics · Prisoner's dilemma · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Environmental law and policy · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Public Administration
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
The symbolic uses of politics
Quebec and the Constitution 1960–1978
Collective Action
Canadian Environmental Policy
Original Meanings
Canada
Participation and Environmental Policy in Canada and the United States
Providing Intergenerational Goods
Federalism and Entrepreneurship
Fortuitous Consequence
Balancing Preservation and Logging
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |