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Renewable Energy Politics: Policy Typologies, Policy Tools, and State Deployment of Renewables
Author(s) -
Yi Hongtao,
Feiock Richard C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/psj.12066
Subject(s) - renewable energy , legislature , politics , governor , energy policy , software deployment , feed in tariff , state (computer science) , renewable energy credit , environmental economics , economic system , economics , public economics , political science , business , engineering , law , computer science , software engineering , algorithm , aerospace engineering , electrical engineering
This paper investigates the competing forces driving the development of renewable energy in the A merican 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.