Efficient design of regulatory instruments with a focus on environmental policy

How can regulatory instruments be designed effectively and efficiently?

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Client

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Project period

2023 – 2025

Related expertise

Regulation, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics

Team

Eva Zuberbühler, Michael Funk, Leah Meyer de Stadelhofen, Beatrix Marosvölgyi, Samuel Rutz, Winand Emons, Mark Schelker

Contact

Michael Funk, Leah Meyer de Stadelhofen

Project description

Together with Prof. Winand Emons and Prof. Mark Schelker, Swiss Economics has developed best-practice guidelines on the efficient design of regulatory instruments. The report on the economic foundations and the guidelines may serve as sources of inspiration for the selection and design of effective and efficient regulatory instruments, especially in environmental policy.

Approach

  • Evaluation of environmental policy measures
  • Review of concepts and theories in environmental economics
  • Problem analysis based on examples
  • Development of criteria catalog and assessment concept

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