When do states disrupt industries? Electric cars and the politics of innovation

Jonas Meckling, Jonas Nahm · 2018 · Review of International Political Economy

Summary. States successfully drive technological change in mature industries when political competition among interest groups and agencies allows policymakers to build coalitions supporting new technologies, rather than relying on bureaucratic autonomy alone. Comparing Germany and the United States, the authors show that Germany's consensus-based coordination between government and incumbent automakers resulted in weak electric vehicle policy, while the United States' competitive political environment enabled strong intervention that disrupted the auto sector despite industry opposition.

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  title   = {When do states disrupt industries? Electric cars and the politics of innovation},
  author  = {Jonas Meckling and Jonas Nahm},
  journal = {Review of International Political Economy},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1080/09692290.2018.1434810},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2018.1434810}
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DOI

10.1080/09692290.2018.1434810

Countries

Germany, United States

Regions

Europe, North America

Categories

policy, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28