Switching towards coal or renewable energy? The effects of financial capital on energy transitions
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Does a country's stock of financial capital affect its ability to achieve energy transitions? This paper uses data for up to 137 countries for the period 1998–2013 to investigate the importance of financial capital for changes in the use of each energy type. I find that financial capital supports transition to more capital-intensive energy types. For high-income countries, financial capital facilitates transitions from fossil fuels to modern renewable energy sources, especially wind. Both...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2017 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/114492 |
Source: | Energy Economics |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.01.019 |
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