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Credible expectations — The US Department of Energy's Hydrogen Program as enactor and selector of hydrogen technologies

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  • Bakker, Sjoerd
  • van Lente, Harro
  • Meeus, Marius T.H.

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There are many competing transition paths toward sustainability and even more competing visions and expectations, while only a limited of number of paths can be supported. In the literature so far, not much attention has been paid to the question: what makes one expectation more credible than another?

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  • Bakker, Sjoerd & van Lente, Harro & Meeus, Marius T.H., 2012. "Credible expectations — The US Department of Energy's Hydrogen Program as enactor and selector of hydrogen technologies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 79(6), pages 1059-1071.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:79:y:2012:i:6:p:1059-1071
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.09.007
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