Inventor networks in renewable energies: The influence of the policy mix in Germany

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1165-1184

  Cantner, Uwe ^a,b   Graf, Holger ^a   Herrmann, Johannes ^a   Kalthaus, Martin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Demand pull; Inventor network; Policy mix; Renewable energy; Systemic instrument; Technology push

Indexed keywords

WIND POWER;

DEMAND PULL; NETWORK GROWTH; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POWER NETWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY PUSHES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84961817121     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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