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Alexandra Quandt

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The Political Economy of Climate Policy

Alexandra Quandt

The topic of the here presented work is the influence of firms on climate policy. This thesis analyses the impact of firms’ influence on the acceptance of climate policy, its effectiveness, and implementation. Hereby, the mediation of private interest is u ...

EPFL2012

Business interest in Swiss climate policy

Alexandra Quandt

Successful implementation of policies and measures is key for effective climate legislation. In the political decision process, implementation depends to some extent on interest group influence. This project deals with the questions of why, how and what bu ...

2010

The political economy of climate policy

Alexandra Quandt

Implementation of policies and measures is an important feature of effective climate policy design. In the political decision process, implementation depends to some extent on interest group influence. This project deals with business interest groups influ ...

2010

Linking business interest to climate policy making in Switzerland

Alexandra Quandt

The influence of firms on the elaboration of climate policy in a democratic system is quite controversial. Firms do not form a solid bloc of opponents to environmental regulation. Some firms even expect to gain from such regulation, either because they off ...

2010

Social barriers to implementing climate legislation - Private actors' influence on the Swiss CO2 law

Alexandra Quandt

2010

Social barriers to implementing climate legislation - Private actors' influence on the Swiss CO2 law

Alexandra Quandt

2010

This paper provides empirical evidence on the theoretical literature on voluntary agreements. The case study on fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars in Switzerland investigates the motivation for signing as well as the performance of the agreement. ...

2010

This paper investigates the effectiveness of voluntary approaches in a comparative case study on European and Swiss climate legislation. Voluntary approaches are known to be less environmentally effective and economic efficient than other climate policy in ...

2010

Voluntary approaches in climate policy: Comparing European and Swiss transport legislation

Alexandra Quandt

NCCR Climate2010

Business interest in Swiss climate policy

Alexandra Quandt

Business interest associations play an important role in the decision making process of climate policy. In 2009, the revision of the Swiss CO2 law for designing post-2012 climate policy is at stake. This paper analyzes the positions and arguments of the Sw ...

NCCR Climate2010