Compulsive policy-making - The evolution of the German feed-in tariff system for solar photovoltaic power

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1422-1441

  Hoppmann, Joern ^a,b   Huenteler, Joern ^a,b   Girod, Bastien ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Innovation policy; Innovation system; Policy learning; Solar photovoltaic power; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

FEED-IN TARIFF; INNOVATION POLICIES; INNOVATION SYSTEM; POLICY LEARNING; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84905081864     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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