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El papel moderador del desarrollo de las instituciones financieras en la relación entre la innovación tecnológica y
Samuel Amponsah Odei1, Samuel Adomako2
1Department of Economics, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Journal of environmental management
|September 3, 2025
Resumen
La innovación tecnológica puede reducir las emisiones de carbono, pero este efecto se invierte con un alto desarrollo financiero debido a la posible desviación de recursos hacia actividades intensivas en carbono. Los sistemas financieros desarrollados amplifican este resultado contraintuitivo.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Economía del medio ambiente
- Estudios de innovación
- Economía del desarrollo
Sus antecedentes:
- Las investigaciones anteriores exploraron la innovación tecnológica y las emisiones de carbono, pero no exploraron las condiciones de moderación.
- Comprender cómo el desarrollo financiero influye en esta relación es crucial para el África subsahariana.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Examinar el papel moderador del desarrollo de las instituciones financieras en la relación entre la innovación tecnológica y las emisiones de carbono en el África subsahariana.
- Investigar las condiciones en las que la innovación tecnológica repercute en las emisiones de carbono en diferentes contextos de desarrollo financiero.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron datos de paneles a nivel nacional (2000-2024) de 47 países del África subsahariana.
- Las solicitudes de patentes utilizadas como sustituto de la innovación tecnológica y los datos nacionales de emisiones de CO2.
- Los efectos fijos aplicados (FE), las variables instrumentales de efectos fijos (FE-IV) y el método generalizado de momentos del sistema (GMM) para una estimación robusta.
Principales resultados:
- La innovación tecnológica generalmente reduce las emisiones de carbono.
- Un alto nivel de desarrollo de las instituciones financieras revierte este efecto de reducción de emisiones, canalizando fondos hacia actividades intensivas en carbono.
- El impacto condicional de la innovación en las emisiones es más fuerte en los países con sistemas financieros más desarrollados.
Conclusiones:
- El desarrollo del sector financiero puede anular los beneficios ambientales de la innovación tecnológica sin salvaguardas ambientales.
- Las intervenciones políticas deben integrar los criterios de sostenibilidad en la regulación financiera y la financiación de la innovación.
- Los resultados ambientales de la innovación son contingentes desde el punto de vista institucional y requieren enfoques regulatorios adaptados.
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