Research Article

CEO Media Exposure and Green Technological Innovation Decision: Evidence from Chinese Polluting Firms

Table 6

Zero-inflated negative binomial regression of CEO media exposure on green invention and green utility.

VariablesGreen inventiontGreen utilityt
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

CEO media0.2220.1650.0940.3090.2030.159
(0.033)(0.044)(0.070)(0.043)(0.056)(0.096)
State−0.2710.139
(0.209)(0.269)
CEO media × state0.1280.267
(0.063)(0.078)
Rule−1.406−0.433
(0.386)(0.279)
CEO media × rule0.0850.098
(0.042)(0.057)
Firm size−0.263−0.263−0.222−0.260−0.282−0.238
(0.042)(0.043)(0.044)(0.047)(0.048)(0.048)
Leverage0.3280.3790.2640.9550.7920.871
(0.309)(0.308)(0.308)(0.421)(0.410)(0.424)
ROA−0.513−0.237−0.5380.5750.4680.379
(1.099)(1.108)(1.091)(1.482)(1.481)(1.487)
Cash holding−0.423−0.362−0.348−0.371−0.049−0.342
(0.162)(0.164)(0.162)(0.189)(0.189)(0.190)
R&D0.2270.2300.2320.2030.1960.205
(0.039)(0.039)(0.039)(0.047)(0.046)(0.047)
Subsidy0.1210.1210.1240.0650.0840.065
(0.031)(0.031)(0.031)(0.031)(0.032)(0.031)
Top hold−0.227−0.273−0.167−0.1200.008−0.133
(0.335)(0.337)(0.335)(0.439)(0.430)(0.441)
TMT size0.0730.0700.0740.0730.0670.075
(0.020)(0.020)(0.020)(0.025)(0.024)(0.025)
Duality−0.601−0.547−0.578−0.542−0.403−0.519
(0.121)(0.123)(0.121)(0.161)(0.158)(0.161)
Constant1.0951.1351.0951.7291.6321.723
(0.239)(0.250)(0.247)(0.066)(0.068)(0.066)
YearYesYesYesYesYesYes
IndustryYesYesYesYesYesYes
N259725972597259725972597
Chi2366.274366.062379.864332.946391.544337.586

Note that standard errors are in parentheses: ; ; .