A column by Bertrand Garbinti (ENSAE/CREST) Cecilia García-Peñalosa (CNRS/EHESS/AMSE) Vladimir Pecheu (PSE, IPP) and Frederique Savignac (Banque de France)
Often accused of dragging environmental policy downward, lobbying can, under certain conditions, have the opposite effect. Recent research shows that it can sometimes push governments to adopt more ambitious policies.