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Policy convergence: a conceptual framework based on lessons from renewable energy policies in the EU
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract The literature on policy convergence has identified numerous aspects and possible causal drivers of convergence. We classify and condense these into a comprehensive framework, which is operationalized for support policies for renewable energy sources in the EU. Our analysis advances the conceptual d... mehr
The literature on policy convergence has identified numerous aspects and possible causal drivers of convergence. We classify and condense these into a comprehensive framework, which is operationalized for support policies for renewable energy sources in the EU. Our analysis advances the conceptual discussion in two ways. First, we demonstrate that conceptual specifications of convergence (e.g., whether to focus on policy targets, instrument design or policy outcomes) rely on normative assumptions. Second, we argue that theories of economic and political convergence processes complement each other: studies of economic convergence are apolitical as they do not aim to explain why states choose or should choose the same policies to solve a given problem. At the same time, economic convergence yields a necessary condition for successful policy convergence. The empirical evidence, in turn, suggests conditional convergence of support policies and renewables shares in the EU, but does not hint at absolute convergence.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; Energiepolitik; erneuerbare Energie; Förderung; Umweltpolitik; Klimapolitik; Konvergenz
Klassifikation
spezielle Ressortpolitik
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
economic convergence; policy convergence
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Erscheinungsort
Leipzig
Seitenangabe
29 S.
Schriftenreihe
UFZ Discussion Papers, 14/2015
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen