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Renewable Energy Politics: Policy Typologies, Policy Tools, and State Deployment of Renewables

Renewable Energy Politics: Policy Typologies, Policy Tools, and State Deployment of Renewables This paper investigates the competing forces driving the development of renewable energy in the American states. We formulate a framework of state renewable energy politics and develop a set of hypotheses regarding the role of politics, policies, and prices in renewable energy development. We test these hypotheses with a fixed effect vector decomposition model using a panel data set for the U.S. states from 1990 to 2008. The results indicate that renewable energy development is influenced by regulatory institutions, the party affiliations of the governor and legislators, and the professionalism of the legislature, accompanied by the effects of various policy instruments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Policy Studies Journal Wiley

Renewable Energy Politics: Policy Typologies, Policy Tools, and State Deployment of Renewables

Policy Studies Journal , Volume 42 (3) – Aug 1, 2014

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2014 Policy Studies Organization
ISSN
0190-292X
eISSN
1541-0072
DOI
10.1111/psj.12066
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Abstract

This paper investigates the competing forces driving the development of renewable energy in the American states. We formulate a framework of state renewable energy politics and develop a set of hypotheses regarding the role of politics, policies, and prices in renewable energy development. We test these hypotheses with a fixed effect vector decomposition model using a panel data set for the U.S. states from 1990 to 2008. The results indicate that renewable energy development is influenced by regulatory institutions, the party affiliations of the governor and legislators, and the professionalism of the legislature, accompanied by the effects of various policy instruments.

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Policy Studies JournalWiley

Published: Aug 1, 2014

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