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Digital Finance and Pollution: Firm-Level Evidence From China
被引:4
作者:
Wei, Yueling
[1
]
Wang, Lingqi
[2
]
Zhang, Hongsheng
[3
]
机构:
[1] Hangzhou Normal Univ, Sch Econ, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
[2] Pricewaterhousecooper Consultants Shenzhen Co Ltd, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
[3] Zhejiang Univ, China Acad Digital Trade, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
基金:
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词:
Digital Finance;
Financial Constraints;
Innovation;
Pollution;
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE;
FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT;
CLIMATE-CHANGE;
GROWTH;
CONSTRAINTS;
EMISSIONS;
D O I:
10.4018/JGIM.321183
中图分类号:
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业];
G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号:
1205 ;
120501 ;
摘要:
Using combined data from the 2011-2013 China Industrial Firm Database, China Industrial Firm Pollution Emission Database, and provincial-level digital financial inclusion index, this paper investigates the impact of digital finance on firm pollution. The authors find that digital finance significantly reduces firm SO2 emission intensity. The inclusive finance attribute of digital finance is conducive to alleviating firm financing constraints and promoting firm transformation and emission reduction. Furthermore, digital finance reduces pollution through innovation compensation. Digital finance mainly affects private firms and small and medium-sized firms, while it mainly plays its role through depth of use, digital payments, and digital credit. The basic conclusions of this paper are verified by using the Internet development level and the spherical distance from Hangzhou, as instrumental variables. This paper has important policy implications for developing countries using digital financial tools to promote green economic transformation and high-quality development.
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