Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms

This paper examines the effects of the pandemics-related uncertainty on corporate innovation in Chinese firms. For this purpose, the recent uncertainty measure of pandemics, the Pandemics Discussion Index (PDI), is used. The findings from the fixed-effects estimations show the negative impact of the...

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Autores principales: Ci Zhang, Yilin Hu, Leping Huang, Yajie Huang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:abc17eed64044a24ac62b23b56d9a11e2021-11-04T05:43:03ZEffects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.780348https://doaj.org/article/abc17eed64044a24ac62b23b56d9a11e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.780348/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565This paper examines the effects of the pandemics-related uncertainty on corporate innovation in Chinese firms. For this purpose, the recent uncertainty measure of pandemics, the Pandemics Discussion Index (PDI), is used. The findings from the fixed-effects estimations show the negative impact of the PDI on corporate innovation. Government subsidies, operation profits, and total exports also positively affect corporate innovation. In addition, firms' management efficiency promotes corporate innovation. These results hold when the Blundell-Bond estimations are utilized to address potential endogeneity. Various robustness analyses, such as considering the lagged PDI and the lagged controls, are also conducted. Consequently, the main results remain robust. Thus, this paper provides novel and robust evidence on the negative impact of pandemics on Chinese firms' corporate innovation behavior.Ci ZhangYilin HuLeping HuangYajie HuangFrontiers Media S.A.articleCOVID-19 pandemicpost-COVID-19 erapandemics discussion indexcorporate innovationChinese firmsBlundell-Bond estimationsPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic COVID-19 pandemic
post-COVID-19 era
pandemics discussion index
corporate innovation
Chinese firms
Blundell-Bond estimations
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle COVID-19 pandemic
post-COVID-19 era
pandemics discussion index
corporate innovation
Chinese firms
Blundell-Bond estimations
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Ci Zhang
Yilin Hu
Leping Huang
Yajie Huang
Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
description This paper examines the effects of the pandemics-related uncertainty on corporate innovation in Chinese firms. For this purpose, the recent uncertainty measure of pandemics, the Pandemics Discussion Index (PDI), is used. The findings from the fixed-effects estimations show the negative impact of the PDI on corporate innovation. Government subsidies, operation profits, and total exports also positively affect corporate innovation. In addition, firms' management efficiency promotes corporate innovation. These results hold when the Blundell-Bond estimations are utilized to address potential endogeneity. Various robustness analyses, such as considering the lagged PDI and the lagged controls, are also conducted. Consequently, the main results remain robust. Thus, this paper provides novel and robust evidence on the negative impact of pandemics on Chinese firms' corporate innovation behavior.
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title Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
title_short Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
title_full Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
title_fullStr Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Pandemics on Corporate Innovation: Evidence From the Chinese Firms
title_sort effects of pandemics on corporate innovation: evidence from the chinese firms
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