Impact of interest groups on EU climate policy

Additionality revisited: guarding the integrity of market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement

“…Instruments for direct financial support, such as feed-in tariffs for renewable energy or grants for low-carbon investment, are easier to implement than carbon pricing schemes for political economy reasons (Michaelowa, 1998b). Subsidies usually benefit a very specific group of actors that lobbies for the introduction of the subsidies.…”

Increasing the impact of innovation and advocacy in public libraries across Europe

“…There should therefore be engagement in different policy fields in order to carry out successful lobbying. This applies in particular for fields that influence the spending of money (Michaelowa, 1998).…”

Emission Tax and Compensation Subsidy with Cross-Industry Pollution

“…In the above framework, no group lobbies for more stringent environmental policy, although one would expect public provision of public goods to be an important aspect of domestic policies. However, the importance of lobbying groups in making environmental policies has also been emphasized by economists such as Oates and Portney [58], Carattini et al [59], and Marchiori et al [60] and by scholars in environmental politics (e.g., Bryner [61], and Kamieniecki [62], on the US; Markussen and Svendsen [63], and Michaelowa [64], on Europe).…”