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Do Green Financial Policies Enhance Firms’ TFP? Evidence from China’s Green Finance Pilot Zones

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  • Tengfei Ge

    (School of Economics and Management, Ma’anshan University, Ma’anshan 243100, China)

  • Jing Yang

    (School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243032, China)

  • Yueyue Hu

    (School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243032, China)

  • Tingting Zhu

    (School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243032, China)

  • Yutong Wu

    (Department of Investment, School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China)

  • Genhua Hu

    (School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243032, China)

Abstract

Green finance is an important policy for facilitating corporate environmental transformation and supporting sustainable economic development under China’s “dual-carbon” strategy. This study investigates how green financial policies influence a firm’s TFP. A DID framework is employed to estimate the policy effect and to further explore its transmission mechanisms and heterogeneous impacts across firms, applying the data of China’s A-share-listed companies from 2013 to 2024. It is found that green financial policies significantly improve a firm’s TFP. Specifically, firms located in pilot regions exhibit an average increase of 0.4509 in TFP. The results remain stable across multiple robustness checks. In addition, the policy improves TFP through three primary channels: alleviating financing constraints, stimulating green technological innovation, and promoting digital transformation. The mediation analysis based on Bootstrap resampling confirms the statistical significance of the identified transmission channels. Among them, digital transformation plays the most prominent role, contributing 20.62% to the overall mediating effect. Furthermore, the policy can enhance the TFP of non-state-owned enterprises and for firms operating in industries with lower pollution intensity. Finally, this study proposes further improving the green financial policy framework and strengthening support for green technological innovation and digital transformation, thereby better leveraging green finance to enhance firms’ TFP.

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  • Tengfei Ge & Jing Yang & Yueyue Hu & Tingting Zhu & Yutong Wu & Genhua Hu, 2026. "Do Green Financial Policies Enhance Firms’ TFP? Evidence from China’s Green Finance Pilot Zones," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-27, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:18:y:2026:i:6:p:3121-:d:1900906
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