Does localized imitation drive technology adoption? A case study on rooftop photovoltaic systems in Germany

Rode, Johannes; Weber, Alexander

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2016.02.001

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“…They estimate a spatial diffusion model from epidemiology, which models adoption of a new technology (solar panels) as a function of the adoption rate in the surrounding area. Rode and Weber (2016) conclude that adoption choices are affected by others, and that this influence quickly diminishes with distance. A strength of their approach is the novel estimation in the spatial dimension.…”

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“…Although we cannot rule out spillovers in single cases where a panel is installed close to the border to another municipality, we expect that social influences are active only locally, i.e., affect others only in proximity (see, e.g., Rode and Weber, 2016 for prior evidence). Since the municipality level (our unit of observation) is much larger/coarser than this, we expect social effects, if they exist, to affect others mostly in the same municipality.…”

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“…Several papers use spatial methods to investigate patterns and shows that photovoltaic cells tend to be clustered (Graziano and Gillingham, 2015;Rode and Weber, 2016). Rode and Weber (2016) investigate peer effects also with EEG solar panel data.…”

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“…Rode and Weber (2016) investigate peer effects also with EEG solar panel data. Their methodology differs considerably from ours.…”

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Minimum Prices and Social Interactions: Evidence from the German Renewable Energy Program

2016

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Minimum prices above the market level can lead to inefficient production and oversupply. We investigate whether this effect is even more pronounced when decision makers are influenced by their social environment. Using data of minimum prices for renewable energy production in Germany, we analyze if individual decisions to install solar panels are affected by the investment decisions of others. We implement a propensity score matching routine on municipality level and estimate that existing panels in the municipality increase the probability and number of further installations considerably, even in areas with minimal solar potential. This social effect is stronger in areas with more solar potential and less unemployment. A higher number of existing panels and more concentrated installations increase the social effect further. We discuss policy implications of these social effects.Keywords: EEG, Minimum Prices, Peer Effects, Public Policy, Renewable Energy, Social Interaction, Social Effect, Social Multiplier, Solar Power, Solar Panels, Subsidy JEL Classification: H23, L14, Q42, Q48, Q58 * We thank Sebastian Siegloch and Max Loeffler for providing us with German municipality structure data. We are grateful to Andreas Peichl and to seminar participants at the University of Mannheim and ZEW for very helpful comments.

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“…Rode and Weber (2016) investigate peer effects also with EEG solar panel data. Their methodology differs considerably from ours.…”

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Minimum Prices and Social Interactions: Evidence from the German Renewable Energy Program

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“…Studies on the epidemic model have been extensively used in biological and ecological applications [24][25][26]. The epidemic model is being gradually extended to the field of Social Science, such as in technology and innovation diffusion (Sven & Johannes, 2013) [27], financial risk contagion [28][29][30], and rumor spreading [31,32]. These studies provide the necessary technological means for solving social problems.…”

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A Network Diffusion Model of Food Safety Scare Behavior considering Information Transparency

Chen

Wang

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This study constructs the network diffusion model of food safety scare behavior under the effect of information transparency and examines the network topology and evolution characteristics of food safety scare behavior in a numerical simulation. The main conclusions of this study are as follows. (1) Under the effect of information transparency, the network degree distribution of food safety scare behavior diffusion demonstrates the decreasing characteristics of diminishing margins. (2) Food safety scare behavior diffusion increases with the information dissemination rate and consumer concern about food safety incidents and shows the characteristics of monotone increasing. And with the increasing of the government food safety supervision information transparency and media food safety supervision information transparency, the whole is declining characteristic of diminishing marginal. In addition, the extinction of food safety scare behavior cannot be achieved gradually given a single regulation of government food safety supervision information transparency and media food safety supervision information transparency. (3) The interaction effects between improving government food safety supervision information transparency or media food safety supervision information transparency and declining consumer concerns about food safety incidents or information transmission rate can engender the suppression of food safety scare behavior diffusion.

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Resilience to Climate Impacts and Spatial Propagation in the Power Industry

Siano

Sciabolazza

Sapio

2020

Regional Resilience to Climate and Environmental Shocks

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Does localized imitation drive technology adoption? A case study on rooftop photovoltaic systems in Germany

Cited by 155 publications

References 32 publications

Minimum Prices and Social Interactions: Evidence from the German Renewable Energy Program

Minimum Prices and Social Interactions: Evidence from the German Renewable Energy Program

A Network Diffusion Model of Food Safety Scare Behavior considering Information Transparency

Resilience to Climate Impacts and Spatial Propagation in the Power Industry

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