BADM 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Global Warming, Collective Action
3 Apr 2017
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Political science tells us: assumes that: politicians want to win/stay in office and voters are imperfectly informed, what needs to be true to deal with major externalities: Low levels of partisan learning: these three things help overcome the collective action problem . Collective action problem: policy costs are often concentrated on a few people, benefits are spread out over millions of people. Imagine a collective house with dishes to be washed. For international problems, governments can free-ride on the actions of others. If we take the hard steps now, in fifty years who will get the credit for the disasters that didn"t happen: difficult to assign blame or credit when: Lag between policy and outcomes: key: politicians want policies that give them credit for positives and avoid blame for negatives. Partisan learning: psychological research has shown individuals search for information consistent with what they already believe, research on hurricane katrina:
