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Prior to noncooperative choices of abatement of a transboundary pollutant, a technologically advanced country considers making an unconditional transfer of abatement technology to its less-advanced rival. Even though technological aid is given unconditionally and abatement strategies are chosen noncooperatively, in a number of plausible circumstances, a transfer of a superior control technology will induce Pareto-superior pollution abatement.
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Stranlund, J.K. On the strategic potential of technological aid in international environmental relations. Zeitschr. f. Nationalökonomie 64, 1–22 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01237523
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