The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment
dc.contributor.author | May, Nils G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nilsen, Øivind Anti | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-05T07:41:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-05T07:41:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/283038 | |
dc.description.abstract | Globally installed wind power capacity has grown tremendously since 2000. This study focuses on the local economic impacts of wind power deployment. A theoretical model shows that wind power deployment is not necessarily driven by locally-accruing economic payoffs, but also by other factors such as emphasis on environmentally-friendly energy production and its associated benefits. The theoretical analysis is followed by an empirical analysis using German county-level panel data. After controlling for a set of observable and unobservable factors, the results state that wind power installation has no impact on GDP per capita. These findings support the predictions from the theoretical model: local economic impacts cannot alone explain the observed increase in wind power capacity. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | SAM | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion paper;09/15 | |
dc.subject | wind power | nb_NO |
dc.subject | economic development | nb_NO |
dc.subject | panel data | nb_NO |
dc.title | The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
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