Does Overseas Investment Raise Corporate Environmental Protection? Evidence from Chinese A-List Companies
Open Access
- 12 January 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 19 (2), 837
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020837
Abstract
This paper uses the relevant data of China’s listed companies from 2010 to 2018 to test the impact of overseas investment on corporate environmental protection and further examines whether the heterogeneity of the company and the heterogeneity of the host country changes this effect. The research results show that the environmental protection of overseas investment companies is significantly higher than that of other companies. The impact of overseas investment on corporate environmental protection is dynamic, and it only helps improve corporate environmental protection after three years of investment. This article is conducive to causally identifying the logical relationship between overseas investment and corporate environmental protection. The policy significance is that the government can rationally guide companies to invest abroad, and oversea investment will help enhance corporate environmental protection.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (72074176)
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