The Impact of Green Finance on Urban Haze Pollution in China: A Technological Innovation Perspective

Yiting Zeng, Feng Wang and Jun Wu
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Yiting Zeng: School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
Feng Wang: School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
Jun Wu: School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: Green finance integrates the concept of environmental governance into the financial industry, which is conducive to sustainable development. Applying the mediating effect model, this paper investigates the effect of green finance on urban haze pollution and explores the mediating role of technological innovation of enterprises between them. Based on a sample of 639 enterprises in China over 2016–2019, a significantly negative effect of green finance on urban haze pollution is found. An increase of one standard deviation in green finance decreases PM2.5 concentration by 8.8 μg/m 3 , ceteris paribus. Further, green finance may improve environmental quality by promoting technological innovation. Considering the heterogeneity of enterprise ownership, this mediating effect exists in non-state-owned enterprises, while it cannot be observed in state-owned enterprises. This study proposes a new solution for pollution: using green financial tools to promote environmentally friendly technological progress.

Keywords: green finance; haze pollution; technological innovation; enterprise ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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