TY - JOUR
T1 - Interests, institutions, and climate policy: Explaining the choice of policy instruments for the energy sector
AU - Hughes, Llewelyn
AU - Urpelainen, Johannes
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Highlights: What explains variation in the energy-related climate policies that nations implement? In this paper we present a theory of energy-related climate policy in democratic countries, emphasizing the distributional effects of policies on important energy-related industries, public sentiment, and the institutional capacity of governments, in determining energy-related climate policies implemented cross-nationally. As to the form of the policy, we expect the government to favor regulatory instruments over fiscal policies (taxes, subsidies) when it has enough institutional capacity in the relevant public agencies. For empirical evidence, we analyze national climate policies in four industrialized democracies: Australia, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
AB - Highlights: What explains variation in the energy-related climate policies that nations implement? In this paper we present a theory of energy-related climate policy in democratic countries, emphasizing the distributional effects of policies on important energy-related industries, public sentiment, and the institutional capacity of governments, in determining energy-related climate policies implemented cross-nationally. As to the form of the policy, we expect the government to favor regulatory instruments over fiscal policies (taxes, subsidies) when it has enough institutional capacity in the relevant public agencies. For empirical evidence, we analyze national climate policies in four industrialized democracies: Australia, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.06.014
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.06.014
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 54
SP - 52
EP - 63
JO - Environmental Science and Policy
JF - Environmental Science and Policy
ER -