Germany has become a leader in solar and wind through public-private financing mechanisms to finance energy innovation as well as strong demand side policies, such as the solar feed-in tariff policy adopted by the government in 1991.

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Recent declines in output in both Japan and Germany are largely due to inadequate demand caused by overly tight monetary policy, and not to supply-side constraints imposed by the failings of their models.

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