CSS Working Paper No.11 publishedDocumentation for the dataset of the research project „Policymakers‘ perceptions of Climate Policy Instruments“Anne Gerstenberg, Kai-Uwe Schnapp, Johannes Jarke-Neuert, Grischa Perino, Ella Karnik Hinks and Sarah Fenske

28 November 2024, by CSS

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The eleventh Working Paper in the CSS Working Paper Series has been published.

Documentation for the dataset of the research project „Policymakers‘ perceptions of Climate Policy Instruments“

Authors: Anne Gerstenberg, Kai-Uwe Schnapp, Johannes Jarke-Neuert, Grischa Perino, Ella Karnik Hinks and Sarah Fenske

Abstract: This paper documents the data collection and coding process of the qualitative interview data from the “Policymakers’ Perceptions of Climate Policy Instruments” project. This data documentation follows the standard for qualitative research and data policy of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS, 2023) and its guidelines for the provision of replication files. Given the impossibility of making the transcripts of our interviews public, we aim at least to present the entire process of data collection and analysis as transparently as possible, in order to enable a critical reception of our work to the interested reader. We begin by briefly outlining the research interest of the project and presenting the research question and its relevance. We then justify the choice of cases and provide a brief description of the selected cases. Next, we describe the chosen method and the design of the qualitative semi-structured questionnaire. This is followed by an account of the data collection process and a description of the final sample. Finally, we explain our method of analysis.

Keywords: climate policy, policy instruments, qualitative methods, semi-structured expert interviews, qualitative content analysis

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