Summary
Hart (2018) examines the allocation patterns of the Obama administration's energy demonstration projects, interrogating whether their distribution reflected articulated innovation policy objectives or were substantially influenced by political economy considerations, including 'pork barrel' dynamics. The analysis contributes to understanding how institutional design and political factors shape the efficacy and reach of large-scale federal energy innovation investments. The work assesses whether such federal demonstration programmes function as coherent policy instruments or are substantially influenced by broader political considerations.
UK applicability
This analysis of US federal energy demonstration project allocation offers limited direct applicability to UK policy context, though the methodological approach to assessing political versus technocratic drivers of innovation funding distribution may inform UK evaluation of comparable public innovation investment programmes.
Key measures
Distribution patterns of federal energy demonstration project funding; alignment with stated innovation policy goals versus political allocation factors
Outcomes reported
The study assessed the geographic and institutional distribution of Obama administration energy demonstration projects to determine whether allocation reflected innovation policy objectives or political economy considerations.
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