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Determinants of investments in solar photovoltaic: Do oil prices really matter?

Margaux Escoffier
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Emmanuel Hache
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Valérie Mignon
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Anthony Paris
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Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in the electricity mix for a panel of OECD and BRICS countries from 1997 to 2016 by paying particular attention to the impact of oil market conditions. Relying on a nonlinear, regime-switching specification, we show that rising oil prices stimulate PV deployment only if their growth rate is important, above 6.7%. Although we find that various other determinants matter—with the influence of some of them depending on the situation on the oil market—public policies play a crucial role. In particular, our findings show that feed-in-tariffs should be encouraged to ensure a continuous fight against climate change, whatever the dynamics followed by oil prices.
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hal-04141866 , version 1 (26-06-2023)

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Margaux Escoffier, Emmanuel Hache, Valérie Mignon, Anthony Paris. Determinants of investments in solar photovoltaic: Do oil prices really matter?. 2019. ⟨hal-04141866⟩
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