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Green supply chains, digital finance, and financing discrimination

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  • Zhao, Wenze
  • Ren, Jingjing
  • Zhou, Wenlei

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Using Chinese listed companies from 2013 to 2024 as the research sample, this paper investigates the effects of green supply chains and digital finance on corporate financing discrimination and the underlying mechanisms. The empirical results show that green supply chains significantly alleviate financing discrimination, and this mitigating effect is more pronounced among low-growth firms. As regional environmental regulation intensity varies, the alleviating effect of green supply chains on financing discrimination exhibits a threshold pattern—first weakening and then strengthening. Digital finance plays an important moderating role in the relationship between green supply chains and the alleviation of financing discrimination, and this moderating effect is more pronounced in firms with high ownership concentration. This study provides new empirical evidence for understanding corporate financing constraints in the context of green transition and offers policy implications for promoting supply-chain greening and developing digital finance to optimize resource allocation.

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  • Zhao, Wenze & Ren, Jingjing & Zhou, Wenlei, 2026. "Green supply chains, digital finance, and financing discrimination," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:106:y:2026:i:c:s1544612326008561
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2026.110328
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