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Does green growth foster green policies? In our new article we investigate #RenewableEnergy value chains and find that local value creation leads to higher renewable energy #policy ambition #policyfeedback
Take a look: authors.elsevier.com/a/1etl314YGgln… (1/4)

We analyzed how technological change affects the relationship between governments and firms; growth in manufacturing and R&D of renewables increases industries’ resources to push for ambitious policies. We also see learning effects among policy makers (2/4)

We find that #technology #policy #feedback effects differ based on involved value chain segments in the #wind and #solar #energy sector. Manufacturing is associated with stronger policy feedbacks than R&D. (3/4)

These first large-N findings support previous case studies on the importance of local value creation for raising policy ambition; it implies that #transformative policies fostering value creation could create a virtuous cycle for #policy #ambition. authors.elsevier.com/a/1etl314YGgln… (4/4)