Abstract
In this thesis I study the influence of business actors in international environmental regimes. I argue that business actors have incentives to attempt to influence because they are target groups, and that they will most likely be able to succeed in this endeavor due to their central role in the implementation stage. The research question is formulated as: To what extent does the involvement and position of business actors in international environmental regimes affect the outcome of the regime?
I investigate the research question by modeling influence as successful attempts to change the direction of international environmental regimes. I measure the correlation between (i) to what degree the business actors are involved and (ii) the direction they try to pull the regime in, and the outcome of the regime as the dependent variable, defined as (iii) compliance and (iv) regime effectiveness. This model enables me to suggest that the probability of success in terms of behavioral change decreases if the business actors oppose the regime.