Exploiting the Implementation Gap: Policy Divergence and Industrial Upgrading in China's Wind and Solar Sectors

China Quarterly

Volumn 231, Issue , 2017, Pages 705-727

  Nahm, Jonas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

industrial upgrading; innovation policy; manufacturing; solar energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANUFACTURING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 85037843053     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030574101700090X     Document Type: Article

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