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Digital inclusive finance harvest: Cultivating creditworthiness for small agricultural businesses

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  • Zhang, Chen
  • Li, Yanjun

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Digital inclusive finance (DIF) is progressively reshaping traditional banking through innovative technology to address global challenges. The wide range of digital products and services provided by DIF empowers enterprises, enhancing profitability and local competitiveness. This study systematically investigates the impact of DIF on firm creditworthiness, measured by red- or blacklisting in the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System. Using firm-level panel data from small and micro agricultural enterprises, we find that higher county-level DIF indices significantly reduce the likelihood of blacklisting while increasing red-listing. The most influential factors are credit investigations and online investment trends. Notably, firms that had previously faced unfavorable loan conditions due to factors like ownership, size, or industry benefited the most from DIF.

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  • Zhang, Chen & Li, Yanjun, 2025. "Digital inclusive finance harvest: Cultivating creditworthiness for small agricultural businesses," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:91:y:2025:i:c:s0927538x2500068x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102731
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    Keywords

    Digital inclusive finance; Agricultural enterprises; Creditworthiness; Red-listing and blacklisting; NECIPS;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • Q14 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Finance

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