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The diffusion of climate policies among German municipalities

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The German government established a funding scheme for local climate policy in 2008. The translation of this programme into climate action varies between municipalities. This article studies the drivers and barriers for the diffusion of the programme among German municipalities. A major aim is to disentangle the diffusion effects across different steps within the policy cycle by employing Event History Analysis and spatial panel autoregressive models. Geographical proximity, party channels and transnational city networks are predictors of the diffusion process. Differences in diffusion effects between policy adoption and substantial policy output indicate that emulation as well as learning influence policy activity. Furthermore, increasing deployment of solar photovoltaic systems in neighbouring municipalities is associated with an intensification of climate policy in the focal municipality. The absence of similar effects for other renewable energy technologies hints at the “conditional nature” of policy learning with respect to the policy-makers’ vote- and policy-seeking behaviour.

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  • Abel, Dennis, 2021. "The diffusion of climate policies among German municipalities," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(1), pages 111-136, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:41:y:2021:i:1:p:111-136_6
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    1. Wuliyasu Bai & Long Zhang & Liang Yan & Xinyi Wang & Zhiqiao Zhou, 2023. "Crop Straw Resource Utilization as Pilot Policy in China: An Event History Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-19, February.
    2. Hufschmidt, Patrick, 2023. "Green parties and building permissions: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities," Ruhr Economic Papers 1052, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Bierl, Konrad & Eisenack, Klaus & von Dulong, Angelika & Wieland, Peter, 2024. "Climate Policies and Green Party Performance in Local Elections," VfS Annual Conference 2024 (Berlin): Upcoming Labor Market Challenges 302400, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    4. Hille, Erik, 2023. "Europe's energy crisis: Are geopolitical risks in source countries of fossil fuels accelerating the transition to renewable energy?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(PA).

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