Investigating the Role of Financial Development in Encouraging the Transition to Renewable Energy: A Fractional Response Model Approach

Reem Alshagri, Talal H. Alsabhan and Jawaher Binsuwadan ()
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Reem Alshagri: Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 173, Riyadh 11942, Saudi Arabia
Talal H. Alsabhan: Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 173, Riyadh 11942, Saudi Arabia
Jawaher Binsuwadan: Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-16

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between financial development and renewable energy consumption using a fractional response model. The study examines a sample of 34 advanced economies and 64 emerging markets and developing economies from 2008 to 2020. The findings from the fractional response model indicate that financial development has a positive impact on renewable energy consumption in advanced economies. However, in emerging and developing economies, financial development negatively affects the consumption of renewable energy. Additionally, the findings illustrate that financial development has a more pronounced positive impact in advanced economies. This effect is especially strong in countries with higher levels of financial development. On the other hand, in emerging and developing economies, the consumption of renewable energy is more strongly affected by the negative impact of financial development on countries with lower financial development.

Keywords: renewable energy consumption; financial development; fraction response model; developing economies; developed economies; carbon emissions; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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