A new study, led by the University of Nottingham and conducted by a team of 72 economists and psychologists across the world, has identified a potential “private solution trap” in problems requiring international cooperation such as climate change. Dr. Eugene Malthouse, Research Fellow in the university’s School of Economics, led the international team of researchers, who invited participants from 34 countries to play a climate change game in small groups.
The ‘private solution trap’: Why richer countries may favor adaptation over public solutions, and who pays
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