Series statement taken from jacket.

"A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Partha Dasgupta, Karl-Goran Maler and Alessandro Vercelli -- 2. Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining: An Introduction for Economists Studying the Transnational Commons / Roger B. Myerson -- 3. International River Basins: Pervasive Unidirectional Externalities / Peter Rogers -- 4. The Interdependence between Environment and Development: Marine Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea / Ignazio Musu -- 5. The Value of Biodiversity / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich -- 6. Population Growth, Physical Resources, and Human Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa / John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- 7. Global Commons: Can They Be Managed? / A. L. Hollick and R. N. Cooper -- 8. How Should International Greenhouse Gas Agreements Be Designed? / Michael Hoel -- 9. The International Protection of the Environment: Voluntary Agreements among Sovereign Countries / Carlo Carraro and Domenico Siniscalco -- 10. Protecting the Transnational Commons / Robert Dorfman.

11. Implications of a World Economy for Environmental Policy and Law / Lynton Keith Caldwell -- 12. Cultural Beliefs as a Common Resource in an Integrating World / Avner Greif -- 13. Cultural Diversity in the Global Ecumene / Ulf Hannerz.