Why is a solution to climate change unlikely to stem from private bargaining between the polluters and the victims? Refer to each of the four types of transactions costs discussed in Chapter 8 to answer the question

What will be an ideal response?


All of the transactions costs, the search costs, the collectivization costs, the negotiation costs, and the monitoring and enforcement costs, would be extremely high, which would make finding a solution to climate change through private bargaining highly unlikely. With the high transactions costs, government involvement in finding a solution seems much more likely.

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