| Title | Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 31203 |
| Authors | Cao, SP; Nie, L; Sun, HP; Sun, WF; Taghizadeh-Hesary, F |
| Title | Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies |
| Year | 2021 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | Conventional finance has many deficiencies in promoting green technology innovation (GTI) and energyenvironmental performance (EEP). The emerging digital finance is filling the gaps left by conventional finance with the support of information technology. Using panel data from 2011 to 2017, the paper explores the impact of digital finance on energy-environmental performance in China. The results show that digital finance significantly improves China's energy-environmental performance, which remains robust after a series of tests. Green technology innovation is the transmission path through which digital finance affects energy-environmental performance. The impact mechanism test proves that digital finance affects pure technical efficiency rather than scale efficiency. Furthermore, we also find that digital finance has a greater stimulus effect on energyenvironmental performance where credit and capital markets are more immature. Financial supervision and environmental regulation from the Chinese government can reinforce the role of digital finance in promoting energy-environmental performance. Our study suggests that China should accelerate digitization in the financial markets, particularly in pursuit of its energy-saving and emission-reduction effects. |
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