I assume that politicians maximize domestic political support subject
to a political feasibility constraint set by the relationship between
environmental quality and some politically desirable economic performa
nce indicator. Because pollution flows across national frontiers, the
political feasibility frontier depends on other nations' environmental
policies. Depending on the nature of domestic political pressures and
the environmental spillovers between the countries, various game stru
ctures are possible. Knowledge of the structure of the game is helpful
when addressing policy issues and the question of how to design inter
national institutions in order to overcome international environmental
collective action problems.