期刊
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
卷 78, 期 -, 页码 38-48出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.02.001
关键词
Photovoltaics (PV); Solar cells; Technology adoption and diffusion; Imitation; Epidemic model
资金
- Graduate School for Urban Studies (URBANgrad) at Technische Universitat Darmstadt (LOEWE-Schwerpunkt Eigenlogik der Stadte)
- Chair of International Economics at Technische Universitat Darmstadt
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the spatio-temporal diffusion of rooftop household photovoltaic installations in Germany and to test whether localized imitation drives their adoption. Our study is based on a unique data set of some 576,000 household photovoltaic systems installed in Germany through 2009. We employ an epidemic diffusion model which includes a spatial dimension, and control for temporal and spatial heterogeneity. According to our results, imitative adoption behavior is highly localized and an important factor for the diffusion of household photovoltaic systems. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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