Political Economy of Climate Policy

ISBN-13: 9783838131832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 248 str.

Leo Urban Wangler

Opis

It can be observed that politicians attempt increasingly to implement measures directed towards sustainability. The thesis at hand contributes to the literature on the political economy of climate policy. This is done from a national and international perspective. Its aim is to deepen the understanding of interest groups and their influence on public economic decision-making in the context of climate change policy.

O autorze

Wangler, Leo UrbanDr. Leo Urban Wangler studied Economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. He received his PhD at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena. His supervisor was Prof. Dr. Andreas Freytag. The thesis at hand received the first price of the PhD award by the "Aktionsrat Marktwirtschaft" of the "Verband der Bayerischen Wirtschaft" (VBW).