Policy, investment, and growth: How green finance drives corporate sustainable development?

Miaoyi Jiang and Jun Ma

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2025, vol. 102, issue C

Abstract: This study utilizes provincial-level data from China's A-share listed companies between 2015 and 2022 to examine the impact of green finance policies on corporate sustainable development performance. The results demonstrate that the policy has a significant positive impact on corporate sustainability levels, a conclusion that holds firm across multiple robustness tests. Furthermore, the mechanism analysis reveals that environmental investment strengthens the positive effect of green finance policies, whereas financing constraints inhibit policy effectiveness, thereby limiting corporate sustainable development potential. Additional analyses suggest that the policy impact is more pronounced in highly polluting, capital-intensive, and highly competitive industries. Moreover, differences in corporate governance structures influence the policy effect. Firms with hard environmental information disclosure benefit more than those with soft disclosure. These findings enrich the empirical evidence on the impact of green finance policies on corporate behavior and provide valuable insights for policy optimization and corporate sustainability strategies.

Keywords: Green finance policy; Environmental protection investment; Financing constraints; Sustainable development performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G18 Q01 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2025.104326

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