From Green Users to Green Voters

Diego Comin and Johannes Rode

No 9573, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We estimate the effect of the diffusion of photovoltaic (PV) systems on the fraction of votes obtained by the German Green Party. The logistic diffusion of PV systems offers a new identification strategy. We take first differences and instrument adoption rates (i.e. the first difference in the diffusion level) by lagged diffusion levels. The existing rationales for non-linearities in diffusion, and ubiquity of logistic curves ensure that our instrument is orthogonal to variables that directly affect voting patterns. We find that the diffusion of domestic PV systems caused 25 percent of the increment in green votes between 1998 and 2009.

Keywords: Voting; Technology diffusion; Pv systems; Feed-in tariff (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E13 O14 O33 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07
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