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Technological discontinuities and the climate transition in Europe: The role of policy in two traditions of economic thinking
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- Jacobsson, Staffan, 1951 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Sandén, Björn, 1968 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- 2021-02-09
- 2021
- English.
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In: The European Union and the Technology Shift. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. ; , s. 57-83
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- This chapter discusses how different analytical perspectives affect what policy interventions are deemed warranted and effective in supporting the industrial transformation required to reach climate neutrality. The development of wind and solar power over the last 40 years gives hope and provides useful examples of successful policies. However, the European Commission has for long opposed many of these policies, due to a narrow focus on market failures and static cost efficiency derived from a neoclassical economics perspective. Recent documents in the EU indicate a new focus on innovation and industrial change, which may enhance the EU's ability to lead the climate transition. For this, a broader analytical perspective is required, such as the technological innovation systems approach, which stresses dynamic long-term efficiency, acknowledges the need for technology-specific policies, including market formation, and uses system weaknesses as guide to policy intervention.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Naturresursteknik -- Energisystem (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Environmental Engineering -- Energy Systems (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Technological innovation system
- Transformative policy
- Transition
- Climate policy
- Neoclassical economics
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- vet (subject category)
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