Journal
ENERGY POLICY
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 852-865Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.039
Keywords
Renewable resources and conservation; Energy; Environmental economics
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This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset and find that green investment has become a key driver of the energy sector and that its rapid growth is now mostly driven by China. Our econometric results suggest that green investment is boosted by economic growth, a sound financial system conducive to low interest rates, and high fuel prices. We also find that some policy interventions, such as the introduction of carbon pricing schemes or feed-in-tariffs, which require use of ''green energy, have a positive and significant impact on green investment. Other interventions, such as biofuel support, do not appear to be associated with higher green investment. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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