Environmental Technology Development in Liberal and Coordinated Market Economies: Tweaking Institutions

242 Pages·2006·1.17 MB·English

by  Shiu-Fai Wong Ph.D. in Economics (auth.)

Environmental Technology
Development in Liberal
and Coordinated Market
Economies
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Environmental Technology
Development in Liberal
and Coordinated Market
Economies
Tweaking Institutions
Shiu-Fai Wong
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN LIBERAL AND COORDINATED MARKET
ECONOMIES
© Shiu-Fai Wong, 2006.
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Contents
List of Charts and Tables ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
1. Traditional Institutions are Ineffective in an
Exceptional Policy Sector 1
2. Tweaking Institutions in the Shadow of the State 19
2.1 Introduction 19
2.2 The Role of Institutions in Regulation 24
2.3 The Impact of State-Societal Structures 27
2.4 The Effect of State-Societal Relationships 31
2.5 Institutions for Environmental-Technology
Development 36
3. “Different Traits Design” Comparisons 49
3.1 Introduction 49
3.2 The Adoption of Comparative Case Studies 49
3.3 Sampling Techniques and their Restrictions 54
4. Varieties of Regulatory State: Wind Power Diffusion
in the United Kingdom and Germany 63
4.1 Introduction 63
4.2 The Dilemma of Market Forces and State
Involvement 66
4.3 Wind Power Case Study Method 72
4.4 Wind Power Policy in the United Kingdom 74
4.5 Wind Power Policy in Germany 83
4.6 Conclusions 8
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5. Varieties of State-Societal Structure: Packaging
Waste Recycling Development in the
United States, the United Kingdom, Australia,
Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland 93
5.1 Introduction 93
5.2 Comparative Figures and Methodology 95
5.3 The United States 100
5.4 The United Kingdom 103
5.5 Australia 105
5.6 Germany 107
5.7 Sweden 111
5.8 Switzerland 113
5.9 Conclusions 116
6. Varieties of State-Societal Relationship:
Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology
Advancement in the United States and Japan 123
6.1 Introduction 123
6.2 The Impact of Institutional Structures on the
Quality of Public-Private Partnerships 126
6.3 Comparative Case Studies between
the United States and Japan 129
6.4 The Evolution and Demise of PNGV 132
6.5 Evolution and Achievement of the Japanese
Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology
Development 137
6.6 An Institutional Comparison between the
United States and Japan 140
6.7 Conclusions 155
7. Conclusions 159
Appendices: Definition of Terms 183
Notes 193
Bibliography 205
Index 223
List of Charts and Tables
Charts
1.1 Elements of Institutions in the E-T Industry 15
1.2 Examples of Laws and Regulations 15
1.3 Examples of State-Societal Structures 16
1.4 Examples of State-Societal Relationships 16
3.1 Sector-Trait Case Study Design 56
4.1 Growths of Wind and Other Renewable Energies 67
4.2 Wind Power Cumulative Capacity in EU,
1990–2002 67
4.3 Costs between Wind Energy and Conventional Power 68
4.4 Wind Power Total Installation (MW) 71
4.5 Wind Power Total Installation per Capita
(Watt/Capita) 71
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4.6 Wind Power Total Installation per Area (kW/kM ) 72
4.7 Selling Prices of British Wind Power in the 1990s 77
4.8 British Wind Power Policy Pattern and
Outcome in the 1990s 79
4.9 Growth of British Wind Energy since
Government Involvement in the early 2000s 82
4.10 German Wind Power Policy Pattern and Outcome 82
5.1 National Beverage Container Recycling Rates in
Selected CDL States in the United States 96
5.2 Glass Container Recycling Rates across
Political Economies 98
5.3 Aluminum Can Recycling Rates across
Political Economies 98
5.4 Packaging Waste Recycling Rates between
Anglo-Saxon LMEs and European CMEs 99
6.1 Five Institutional Layers of the American
EFA Programs 154
6.2 Five Institutional Layers of the Japanese
EFA Programs 155