{"title":"How does venture capital play a role in corporate green innovation? Evidence from China","authors":"Peiyou Yu , Hui Dai , Jianhua Zhu , Shigeyuki Hamori , Rebecca Kechen Dong , Xiaoguang Yue","doi":"10.1016/j.iref.2024.103654","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research underscores the critical role of green innovation in advancing corporate sustainability and green transformation. Analyzing 9048 panel data points from China between 2010 and 2021, we applied a series of fixed effect models to assess how venture capital (VC) influences corporate green innovation. The study examined the effect of VC on two key business aspects: the costs of debt financing and the propensity for corporate risk-taking. The findings confirm that venture capital is essential in promoting corporate green innovation by lowering debt-related financial burdens and diminishing firms' inclination to take risks. Additionally, our heterogeneity analysis indicates that venture capital's impact is more pronounced within eastern China and among state-owned enterprises, suggesting regional and ownership-based variations in green innovation dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14444,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics & Finance","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 103654"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Review of Economics & Finance","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056024006464","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This research underscores the critical role of green innovation in advancing corporate sustainability and green transformation. Analyzing 9048 panel data points from China between 2010 and 2021, we applied a series of fixed effect models to assess how venture capital (VC) influences corporate green innovation. The study examined the effect of VC on two key business aspects: the costs of debt financing and the propensity for corporate risk-taking. The findings confirm that venture capital is essential in promoting corporate green innovation by lowering debt-related financial burdens and diminishing firms' inclination to take risks. Additionally, our heterogeneity analysis indicates that venture capital's impact is more pronounced within eastern China and among state-owned enterprises, suggesting regional and ownership-based variations in green innovation dynamics.
期刊介绍:
The International Review of Economics & Finance (IREF) is a scholarly journal devoted to the publication of high quality theoretical and empirical articles in all areas of international economics, macroeconomics and financial economics. Contributions that facilitate the communications between the real and the financial sectors of the economy are of particular interest.