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Government Promotion of the Electric Car: Risk Management or Industrial Policy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Bradley W. Lane ,
Natalie Messer–Betts ,
Devin Hartmann ,
Sanya Carley ,
Rachel M. Krause  and
John D. Graham
Bradley W. Lane
Affiliation:
School of Public Affairs and Administration, The University of Kansas
Natalie Messer–Betts
Affiliation:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Devin Hartmann
Affiliation:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Idiana University
Sanya Carley
Affiliation:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Rachel M. Krause
Affiliation:
School of Public Affairs and Administration, The University of Kansas
John D. Graham
Affiliation:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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Abstract

There are two prominent motivations for why governments seek to promote the electric car: risk management and industrial policy. This article provides operational definitions of these two motivations and uses them to characterize the public policies of six political jurisdictions: California, China, the European Union, France, Germany, and the United States. The article finds that while the European Union is focused primarily on risk management, China, Germany and the United States are primarily engaged in industrial policy. California and France are intermediate cases with a substantial blend of industrial policy and risk management. Future research into the ramifications of industrial policy for liberalized international trade is recommended.

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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 227 - 245
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