@techreport{NBERw15043,
 title = "Can a Focus on Breakthrough Technologies Improve the Performance of International Environmental Agreements?",
 author = "Michael Hoel and Aart de Zeeuw",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "15043",
 year = "2009",
 month = "June",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w15043",
 abstract = {In a recent paper, Barrett (2006) reaches the conclusion that in general the answer to the question in the title is no. We show in this paper that a focus on the R&D phase in the development of breakthrough technologies changes the picture. The stability of international treaties improves and thus the possibility of realizing benefits of cooperation.},
}