Iain Osgood (University of Michigan), "Green Nationalism, Gray Nationalism: Support for EV Industrial Policy in the US"
Industrial policies target domestic industrial objectives but have strong international redistributive effects. The interactions between these outcomes are nowhere greater than in green industrial policy, where politically contended climate change goals sit alongside strategic competition to develop green industries. What role do international competitive dynamics play in generating public support and opposition to green industrial policies? We examine the electric vehicle industry in the US and find that nationalist appeals can grow support for "green" EV subsidies as well as for "gray" EV tariffs. These effects are particularly notable among non-Green voters and Republicans (in the case of subsidies) and Green voters and Democrats (for tariffs). EV industrial policy therefore shows both the promise and danger of nationalism for advocates of effective climate change mitigation, while also illustrating the complex interplay between industrial policy's ends, means, and external effects.
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