Sarah Spycher
@SarahSpycher
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environmental economist | @snsf_ch funded postdoctoral researcher at @DSE_Unibo @unibo | formerly at @unibern @OeschgerCentre
Bern, Switzerland
Joined November 2012
My paper "Elections and Political Polarisation: Challenges for Environmental Agreements" just came out as a WP!🥳 (1/8)
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This asymmetry offers a possible explanation for the limited success of climate cooperation: In polarised settings, electoral pressure compels green incumbents to weaken their climate goals, while brown incumbents can keep their low ambition with minimal electoral cost. (8/8)
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The model reveals a key asymmetry: a brown incumbent can secure consensus treaties under a wide range of polarisation without needing to raise their climate ambition, while a green incumbent must invariably reduce their goals to remain competitive in polarised environments. (6/8)
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This results in two treaty types: consensus🤝treaties, crafted for ratification across parties, and differentiation🙅♀️ treaties, supported only by one party, giving voters a clear policy choice. (5/8)
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Incumbents face a trade-off between aligning treaties with their party's policy preferences or appealing to the median voter to improve reelection prospects, shaping the treaty’s ambition. (4/8)
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I model a 4-stage game between two countries considering an emissions reduction agreement, with political competition between a “green” 🌿party and a “brown”🏭party in one of the countries. (3/8)
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In this paper - which is more timely than I had hoped - I examine how elections in politically polarised settings affect climate cooperation. Electoral pressure can lead to "suboptimal" treaties, as governments make strategic concessions to enhance reelection chances. (2/8)
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RT @snsf_ch: Interested in connecting with researchers thriving in diverse fields post-PhD/Postdoc? Join the Global SNSF Fellows Summer Mee…
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RT @emacampiglio: 3 post-doc and 1 pre-doc positions open at @Unibo! Please circulate to anyone interested. All the info available here: ht…
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RT @IgorLetina: The microeconomics group at the Uni Bern🇨🇭 is looking to recruit a new PhD student. We are a small but very active group an…
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RT @NikoEcon: This happens next week! SHARED PERSPECTIVES 2023 How to make the green transition happen? Fri 6th & Sat 7th Oct ONLINE PARTI…
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very interesting panel discussion on inequality and ‚the social question‘ in today’s society, concluding three intense & insightful days at the #VfS_conference2023 #VfS_150
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what an interesting day and great networking opportunity at the global snsf fellows summer meet at the @snsf_ch in bern today - discussing a more sustainable and equitable future for young researchers in swiss academia
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RT @_TabeaMeier: Swiss-based academics: Here is a wonderful event opportunity coming up for past, current, and prospective SNSF fellows! Pl…
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lovely first day at #EAERE2023 where I presented my newest experimental project in the ‚political economy of climate policies‘ session - from now on I can just sit back and enjoy😊
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RT @NikoEcon: JOBS AVAILABLE! PLEASE SHARE! Unibo is looking to hire associate / full professors in economics (any field). Expressions of…
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yaaaay for @ManuLinsenmeier! 🥳 you're so inspirational that simply by sitting next to you for some months I improved my own thesis😁
EAERE is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 edition of the EAERE Award for Best Doctoral Dissertations in Environmental and Resource Economics: Maria Alsina Pujols @ETH Manuel Linsenmeier @LSEnews and Paul Lohmann @Cambridge_Uni Warm congrats to all!👏🏻
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RT @atavoni: Curious about Social Tipping Interventions? Check out the new website of the recently awarded ERC Consolidator grant GREEN TIP…
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