{"title":"The green promotion back to digitization: Research on air quality, urban green coverage and digital innovation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103601","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We examine the relationship between air quality, urban green coverage, and the digital innovation of companies in this paper. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies spanning from 2006 to 2016, we discover a positive effect of air quality on companies' digital innovation. Furthermore, urban green coverage enhances this positive relationship through the environmental effect and signaling effect. In mechanism analysis, we find that improved air quality correlates with digital investment attraction, digital human resource immigration, and digital R&D efficiency enhancement channels, subsequently contributing to the advancement of digital innovations among companies. The positive impact of air quality on digital innovation is particularly pronounced in non-state-owned enterprises and under stricter government air policy regulations. Additionally, our study shows that while air quality significantly boosts total innovation by enhancing digital innovation, it has a minimal effect on non-digital innovation. Our findings underscore the importance of paying attention to air quality and promoting green environmental initiatives in the digital era.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48226,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Financial Analysis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Review of Financial Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521924005337","RegionNum":1,"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
We examine the relationship between air quality, urban green coverage, and the digital innovation of companies in this paper. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies spanning from 2006 to 2016, we discover a positive effect of air quality on companies' digital innovation. Furthermore, urban green coverage enhances this positive relationship through the environmental effect and signaling effect. In mechanism analysis, we find that improved air quality correlates with digital investment attraction, digital human resource immigration, and digital R&D efficiency enhancement channels, subsequently contributing to the advancement of digital innovations among companies. The positive impact of air quality on digital innovation is particularly pronounced in non-state-owned enterprises and under stricter government air policy regulations. Additionally, our study shows that while air quality significantly boosts total innovation by enhancing digital innovation, it has a minimal effect on non-digital innovation. Our findings underscore the importance of paying attention to air quality and promoting green environmental initiatives in the digital era.
期刊介绍:
The International Review of Financial Analysis (IRFA) is an impartial refereed journal designed to serve as a platform for high-quality financial research. It welcomes a diverse range of financial research topics and maintains an unbiased selection process. While not limited to U.S.-centric subjects, IRFA, as its title suggests, is open to valuable research contributions from around the world.