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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111949
	Renewable energy requirements on the ballot: An analysis of county-level voting results
	Pritchard Z.D.; Mills S.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	148
英文摘要	National polling data consistently find a large, bipartisan group of Americans support state renewable portfolio standards (RPS), policies which mandate generation of electricity from renewable sources. However, when such policies are actually put before voters on the ballot, they have been met with mixed success: out of seven RPS ballot initiatives, only four have been approved. From a newly compiled dataset of county-level voting results, we use ordinary least-squares regression to investigate the determinants of public support for RPS ballot proposals. Two models are constructed based on literature related to legislative adoption of RPS and, separately, public support of pro-renewable policies. Consistent with previous studies, political, economic, and demographic variables are found to be significant in predicting voter behavior. State-level fixed effects, however, are the largest contributors to both models. A synthesis model, combining elements from both the legislative adoption and public acceptance literatures, performs best when fixed effects are removed. As climate advocates increasingly call for policies to more quickly transition the electricity sector to renewable energy sources, this research provides greater insight into the prospects of successfully achieving that aim through a ballot initiative. It also, however, reveals insights applicable to legislature-driven RPS policies. © 2020
关键词	Ballot initiative Public acceptance Renewable portfolio standard
英文关键词	Renewable energy resources; Ballot initiatives; Demographic variables; Electricity sector; Ordinary least squares regressions; Public acceptance; Renewable energies; Renewable energy source; Renewable portfolio standard; Laws and legislation; alternative energy; electricity generation; energy policy; public attitude; standard (regulation); voting behavior; United States
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205301
作者单位	Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pritchard Z.D.,Mills S.. Renewable energy requirements on the ballot: An analysis of county-level voting results[J],2021,148.
APA	Pritchard Z.D.,&Mills S..(2021).Renewable energy requirements on the ballot: An analysis of county-level voting results.Energy Policy,148.
MLA	Pritchard Z.D.,et al."Renewable energy requirements on the ballot: An analysis of county-level voting results".Energy Policy 148(2021).