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Does social capital foster renewable energy cooperatives?

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  • Stefan Geskus
  • Matthijs B Punt
  • Thomas Bauwens
  • Rense Corten
  • Koen Frenken

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In recent decades, renewable energy cooperatives have substantially increased their share of renewable energy production. The operation of these cooperatives requires collective action, potentially supported by local social capital. We investigate whether municipal-level bonding and bridging social capital explain the differences in the prevalence of renewable energy cooperatives across Dutch municipalities. We measure social capital directly from social network structures within and between municipalities, thus overcoming limitations of using proxies. Our empirical results reveal that bonding rather than bridging social capital supports renewable energy cooperatives, shedding new light on the role these types of social capital play in regional development.

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  • Stefan Geskus & Matthijs B Punt & Thomas Bauwens & Rense Corten & Koen Frenken, 2024. "Does social capital foster renewable energy cooperatives?," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 24(6), pages 887-905.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:24:y:2024:i:6:p:887-905.
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    Keywords

    bonding social capital; bridging social capital; community initiatives; technology adoption; social networks;
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    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • N94 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: 1913-
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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