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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.

Renewable energy sources --- Investments --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- Finance --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Econometric models. --- Environmental Conservation and Protection --- Natural Resources --- Energy --- Renewable Resources and Conservation: Issues in International Trade --- Energy: General --- Environmental Economics: General --- Alternative Energy Sources --- Renewable Resources and Conservation: General --- Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General --- Climate --- Natural Disasters and Their Management --- Global Warming --- Innovation --- Research and Development --- Technological Change --- Intellectual Property Rights: General --- Environmental management --- Climate change --- Technology --- general issues --- Renewable energy --- Renewable resources --- Non-renewable resources --- Greenhouse gas emissions --- Natural resources --- Greenhouse gases --- China, People's Republic of

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We construct a new database which covers production and trade in 136 primary commodities and 24 manufacturing and service sectors for 145 countries. Using this new more granular data, we estimate spillover effects from plausible trade fragmentation scenarios in a new multi-country, multi-sector, general-equilibrium model that accounts for unique demand and supply characteristics of commodities. The results show fragmentation-induced output losses can be sizable, especially for Low-Income-Countries, although the magnitudes vary according to the particular scenarios and modelling assumptions. Our work demonstrates that not accounting for granular commodity production and trade linkages leads to underestimation of the output losses associated with trade fragmentation.

China, People's Republic of --- Macroeconomics --- Economics: General --- Exports and Imports --- Investments: Commodities --- Neoclassical Models of Trade --- Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies --- Empirical Studies of Trade --- Economic Integration --- Trade: Forecasting and Simulation --- Open Economy Macroeconomics --- International Policy Coordination and Transmission --- Economic Growth of Open Economies --- Agriculture in International Trade --- Renewable Resources and Conservation: Issues in International Trade --- Energy and the Macroeconomy --- Commodity Markets --- Trade Policy --- International Trade Organizations --- Retail and Wholesale Trade --- e-Commerce --- Agriculture: General --- Economic & financial crises & disasters --- Economics of specific sectors --- International economics --- Investment & securities --- Commodities --- Trade barriers --- International trade --- Commodity trade --- Trade balance --- Agricultural commodities --- Currency crises --- Informal sector --- Economics --- Commercial products --- Commercial policy --- Balance of trade --- Farm produce