AUTHOR=Li Tinghui , Liao Gaoke 

TITLE=The Heterogeneous Impact of Financial Development on Green Total Factor Productivity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Energy Research

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.00029

DOI=10.3389/fenrg.2020.00029

ISSN=2296-598X

ABSTRACT=<p>This study examines the heterogeneous impact of financial development on green total factor productivity for 40 countries over the period 1991 to 2014. Specifically, this paper describes financial development from the three aspects of banking, securities, and insurance. In developing countries, an inverted <italic>U</italic>-shaped relationship exists between financial development and green total factor productivity, whether it is in bank development, securities development, or insurance development. In developed countries, the development of bank and insurance tends to adversely affect green total factor productivity, while the development of securities has always had a positive impact on green total factor productivity. Securities development is more conducive to improving green total factor productivity than bank development.</p>