Designing policies in uncertain contexts: Entrepreneurial capacity and the European Emission Trading Scheme

• Main Authors: MUKHERJEE, Ishani, GIEST, Sarah
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Climate change; European Emission Trading Scheme; Policy capacity; Policy entrepreneurial capacity; Policy entrepreneurs; Uncertainty; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2731; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3988/viewcontent/0952076717730426__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The paper focuses on enterprising agents in policy formulation and design by looking at their capacity of dealing with different levels of uncertainty. In climate policy specifically, different degrees and types of uncertainties pose a challenge to policymakers. Policy entrepreneurs and the combinat...