Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.5547/2160-5890.4.2.sstr |
| Title (Primary) | Towards a general "Europeanization" of EU Member States’ energy policies? |
| Author | Strunz, S.; Gawel, E.; Lehmann, P. |
| Source Titel | Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy |
| Year | 2015 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Page From | 143 |
| Page To | 159 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Centralization; Energy transition; EU climate and energy policy; Fiscal federalism; Harmonization; Political economy |
| UFZ wide themes | RU6; |
| Abstract | It is often argued that energy policy is too
fragmented across EU Member States and should be "Europeanized" to pave
the way towards an efficiently organized European power system, which
rests on the internal market for energy and a pan-European super-grid.
However, this view neglects i) the heterogeneity of European energy
policies in terms of harmonization and centralization, ii) economic
arguments in favor of decentralization and iii) legal as well as
political-economic obstacles against centralization of decision making.
In this vein, we point out that a plea for a stronger role of the EU
needs to be made with care and differentiation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=15668 |
| Strunz, S., Gawel, E., Lehmann, P. (2015): Towards a general "Europeanization" of EU Member States’ energy policies? EEEP 4 (2), 143 - 159 10.5547/2160-5890.4.2.sstr |
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