Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms

This article examines the impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment (Env) using Chinese listed firms from 2014 to 2019 as the research setting. The results show that there is a positive impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment. The finding remains r...

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Autores principales: Jinfang Tian, Wei Cao, Xuzhao Ji
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ea23a2a290b949aeb73657a77d6e37182021-11-05T05:41:33ZIs Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.789811https://doaj.org/article/ea23a2a290b949aeb73657a77d6e37182021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.789811/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078This article examines the impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment (Env) using Chinese listed firms from 2014 to 2019 as the research setting. The results show that there is a positive impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment. The finding remains robust to a battery of robustness checks. In addition, the heterogeneity analysis illustrates that the positive impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment is more pronounced in state-owned firms and high-polluting industries when compared to non-state-owned firms and low-polluting industries, respectively. This study extends the research on cross-shareholding and provides practical implications for corporate sustainable development.Jinfang TianWei CaoXuzhao JiFrontiers Media S.A.articlecross-shareholdingenvironmental investmentcorporate sustainable developmentemerging marketChinaPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic cross-shareholding
environmental investment
corporate sustainable development
emerging market
China
Psychology
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China
Psychology
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Wei Cao
Xuzhao Ji
Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms
description This article examines the impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment (Env) using Chinese listed firms from 2014 to 2019 as the research setting. The results show that there is a positive impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment. The finding remains robust to a battery of robustness checks. In addition, the heterogeneity analysis illustrates that the positive impact of cross-shareholding on corporate environmental investment is more pronounced in state-owned firms and high-polluting industries when compared to non-state-owned firms and low-polluting industries, respectively. This study extends the research on cross-shareholding and provides practical implications for corporate sustainable development.
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Wei Cao
Xuzhao Ji
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title Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms
title_short Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms
title_full Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms
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title_full_unstemmed Is Cross-Shareholding Conducive to Corporate Sustainability? Evidence From the Environmental Investment of Chinese Listed Firms
title_sort is cross-shareholding conducive to corporate sustainability? evidence from the environmental investment of chinese listed firms
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