Social credit scoring system and corporate pollution governance: Insights from China's Social Credit System Construction

Yujie Zhao, Yuanyuan Yang, Min Hua and Kam C. Chan

International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024, vol. 96, issue PB

Abstract: This study examines the effect of China's Social Credit System (CSCS) construction as a quasi-natural experiment on corporate emissions. The System collects and shares credit information, including environmental credit for firms. Using 30,766 firm-year observations of Chinese non-financial listed firms from 2007 to 2021 and pilot programs in the construction of the CSCS in various cities, we document that firms located in cities with the CSCS system lower their emissions than those in cities without the CSCS system. Additional analysis suggests that the lower emission for the CSCS firms is due to enhancing environmental information disclosure, advancing technological progress, and alleviating financial constraints. The moderating analysis reveals that the impact of the CSCS on restraining corporate emissions is more salient when a firm: (1) belongs to a heavily polluting industry or is privately-owned; (2) has management myopia or lack of environmental awareness; or (3) has a weak internal and external monitoring.

Keywords: Social credit; Corporate pollution; Environmental information disclosure; Technological progress; Financial constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103774

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