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Exploring the role of instrument design and instrument interaction for eco-innovation: a survey-based analysis of renewable energy innovation in Germany

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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:23 authored by Karoline RoggeKaroline Rogge, Joachim Schleich
Empirical research on eco-innovation has produced a substantive body of literature on the relevance of regulation for stimulating such innovation. Much of this work on the role of policy for eco-innovation relies on econometric analyses of company survey data. In this regard, the eco-innovation module introduced in 2008/9 in the Community Innova-tion Survey serves as an important data source that has helped improve our under-standing of the role of environmental and innovation policy for eco-innovation in the Eu-ropean Union (EU). However, so far, this data source has provided only limited oppor-tunities to generate insights into the role of instrument design and instrument interaction for eco-innovation. In this chapter, we present a first attempt to measure such aspects in a company innovation survey based on the example of renewable energy innovation in Germany. In particular, we explore to what extent the design of the German Renewa-ble Energy Sources Act (and the interaction of its feed-in tariffs with the EU emissions trading system) correlates with innovation in renewable power generation technologies. We find instrument design features but not instrument type to be related to eco-innovation. In addition, our exploratory study provides evidence for an interaction effect between climate policy and renewables support policy. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for future research on the role of policy in eco-innovation.

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  • Published

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Publisher

Springer, Cham

Page range

233-256

Pages

295.0

Book title

New developments in eco-innovation research

Place of publication

Cham

ISBN

9783319930183

Series

Sustainability and Innovation

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Editors

Jens Horbach, Christiane Reif

Legacy Posted Date

2018-10-08

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-09-29

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-10-06

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