High quality imports and green innovation

Peng Niu, Yujia Yang and Lirong Sun

Innovation and Green Development, 2023, vol. 2, issue 2

Abstract: To examine the effect of high quality imports on green innovation, this research employs a time-varying difference-in-differences (DID) technique. Our analysis suggests that high quality imports promote green innovation in China. Heterogeneity analysis results show a different impact of high quality imports on green invention patents and green utility model patents. In a further study of the moderating effect, we find that environmental governance strengthens the impact of high quality imports on green innovation. Finally, we conduct a mechanism test and note that the promotion of innovation by high quality imports is achieved through R&D investment.

Keywords: High quality imports; Green innovation; Moderating effect; Mechanism test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F18 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.igd.2023.100049

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