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Bank-based financing and catch-up innovation: A three-way interaction approach

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  • Yuan, Min
  • Chen, Wenjun
  • Qin, Jialiang

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This research provides evidence that the positive or negative effect of bank-based financing on catch-up innovation is conditional on the joint moderating effects of distance to frontier and trade openness. These findings help explain the mechanism underlying the link between financial development and regional innovation.

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  • Yuan, Min & Chen, Wenjun & Qin, Jialiang, 2021. "Bank-based financing and catch-up innovation: A three-way interaction approach," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 209(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:209:y:2021:i:c:s0165176521003669
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110089
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    Keywords

    Catch-up innovation; Bank-based financing; Distance to frontier; Trade openness; Three-way interaction;
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    JEL classification:

    • F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts
    • F65 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Finance
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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