Non-executive employee stock ownership plans and corporate innovation efficiency: Evidence from China

Huili Zhang, Xuegang Cui, Lei Xu and Kaiyan Wang

The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2024, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: We establish a positive link between non-executive employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and corporate innovation efficiency through a propriety dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. Our findings suggest that the ratio of shares held by non-executive employees is positive towards corporate innovation efficiency. In addition, only the long duration of ESOPs is positively related to innovation efficiency. The positive link is more pronounced among firms with more research and development (R&D) personnel, better-educated employees, and a smaller remuneration gap between executives and non-executive employees. Our findings are robust after mitigating endogeneity issues.

Keywords: Non-executive employee; Employee stock ownership plans; Corporate innovation efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G32 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2024.102125

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