Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

DOI

10.1177/0891242413486185

Publication Title

Economic Development Quarterly

Volume

27

Issue

3

Pages

240-249

Abstract

States have adopted various policies and initiatives to develop and/or expand their energy industries, many of which have been driven by economic development purposes rather than specific energy or environmental concerns. Of the many reasons states have considered explicit energy policies, the direct economic benefits of stimulating the economy—creating jobs and increasing revenues—have often been at the forefront of policy decision making. This research note reviews existing policies targeted at developing the energy industry and presents two typologies of state-level energy policies. The first typology offers an organizing framework for categorizing such policies by energy source (existing vs. new) and energy approach (production vs. consumption). The second typology categorizes policies by regulatory approach (regulation vs. incentives) and target audience (producers vs. consumers). Different policy options are described and are used to illustrate the different types of policies according to the two typologies.

Comments

NOTE: This is the author’s final version (post-print) of a work that was published in Economic Development Quarterly. The final version was published as:

Yusuf, J.-E., & Neill, K.A. (2013). State energy-based economic development policies and examples. Economic Development Quarterly, 27(3), 240-249. doi: 10.1177/0891242413486185

The final publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891242413486185

ORCID

0000-0003-3599-1417 (Yusuf)

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