Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146205 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/18
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper introduces a novel framework for classifying different types of national political economies. It applies the outlined framework to analyse in an historical perspective the development of one mature renewable energy sector (onshore wind) and one infant renewable energy sector (offshore wind) across three major types of European economies. The paper shows that the presence of strategic state-market coordination and the decentralized pluralist polity constitute key enabling factors that drive the development of new renewable energy technologies. The commonalities and differences in the political economy of the onshore and offshore wind sectors are also discussed.
Subjects: 
onshore wind
offshore wind
green industrial development
energy transition
varieties of capitalism
JEL: 
O25
O38
O33
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-061-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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