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The impacts of green bonds on the green innovation: Evidence from the corporate green transformation in China

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  • Yang, Minhua
  • Ma, Linkun
  • Gu, Yan
  • Wu, Wenfeng

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This paper investigates the impacts of green bonds on green innovation of 3750 Chinese listed firms from 2016 to 2020. Green bonds positively affect green innovation, which is robust to several robustness checks, by mitigating financial constraints and increasing R&D investments. The effects of green bonds contribute to economic consequences (green transformation) and environmental performance. Only green enterprise bond contributes to green innovation. Such effect is more pronounced for SOEs, firms in environmentally-friendly industries, firms with highly-educated CEOs, and firms with better green development. Moreover, green bonds increase environmental investments and green total factor productivity, which contributes to green transformation.

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  • Yang, Minhua & Ma, Linkun & Gu, Yan & Wu, Wenfeng, 2025. "The impacts of green bonds on the green innovation: Evidence from the corporate green transformation in China," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ememar:v:65:y:2025:i:c:s1566014125000019
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2025.101252
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