Role for Public Interest Groups Discussed

Public Interest vs. Interest Groups: Allowance Allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

This article presents a political-economy analysis of allowance allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A common-agency model suggests that a politicalsupport maximizing government considers the preferences of sectoral interest groups besides public interest when allocating emissions permits. In the stylized model, industries represented by more powerful lobby groups face a lowe...

Special interest groups

The Society has several Special Interest Groups which organise meetings and other activities to enable the exchange of information and views within specific areas of meteorology. These are informal groups of professionals interested in specific technical areas of meteorology. The groups are primarily a way of communicating at a specialist level and are organized and often financed by the group ...

Special interest groups

The Society has several Special Interest Groups which organise meetings and other activities to enable the exchange of information and views within specific areas of meteorology. These are informal groups of professionals interested in specific technical areas of meteorology. The groups are primarily a way of communicating at a specialist level and are organized and often financed by the group ...

Special Interest Groups

In the public interest?

Restrictive patenting and licensing for cell-free fetal DNA testing has serious consequences for technology advances and benefits to public health.