Energiewende in Baden-Württemberg: Ausmaß und Folgen

Wurster, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-14868-3_10

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“…German state governments can influence energy and environmental outcomes, for example, by promoting and regulating energy technologies (Wurster, 2017). Promoting includes subsidizing individual energy technologies.…”

Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The CDU-led government repurchased stocks (45.01%) of the major energy provider in BW from the French energy provider Electricite de France. The state government thus possessed opportunities to directly influence energy outcomes (Wurster, 2017). In particular, the Greens held the ministry for Environment, Climate Protection and Energy (cf.…”

Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, installing and maintaining wind turbines requires cutting down vegetation and curtailing habitats of animals that live on the ground. The Greens had to handle an inner ecological conflict: nature and animal protection versus climate protection (Wurster, 2017). Moreover, the Green state government did not enjoy encompassing political support at the local level and could not exploit local networks.…”

Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Potrafke¹,

Wüthrich²

2020

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We examine how Green governments influence macroeconomic, education, and environmental outcomes. Our empirical strategy exploits that the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan gave rise to an unanticipated change in government in the German state Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2011. The incumbent rightwing government was replaced by a leftwing government led by the Green party. We use the synthetic control method to select control states against which Baden-Wuerttemberg's outcomes can be compared. The results do not suggest that the Green government influenced macroeconomic outcomes. The Green government implemented education policies that caused comprehensive schools to become larger. We find no evidence that the Green government influenced CO2 emissions, particulate matter emissions, or increased energy usage from renewable energies overall. An intriguing result is that the share of wind power usage decreased relative to the estimated counterfactual. Intra-ecological conflicts and realities in public office are likely to have prevented the Green government from implementing drastic policy changes.

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Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Energy and Environmental Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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