Research Article
CEO Media Exposure and Green Technological Innovation Decision: Evidence from Chinese Polluting Firms
Table 7
Dependent variable forward two periods.
| Variables | Green inventiont + 2 | Green utilityt + 2 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| CEO media | 0.223 | 0.185 | 0.133 | 0.327 | 0.151 | 0.180 | (0.036) | (0.049) | (0.064) | (0.053) | (0.068) | (0.089) | State | | −0.105 | | | −0.215 | | | (0.233) | | | (0.317) | | CEO media × state | | 0.084 | | | 0.376 | | | (0.070) | | | (0.093) | | Rule | | | −1.136 | | | −0.931 | | | (0.404) | | | (0.396) | CEO media × rule | | | 0.071 | | | 0.117 | | | (0.044) | | | (0.059) | Firm size | −0.198 | −0.205 | −0.163 | −0.224 | −0.223 | −0.200 | (0.045) | (0.046) | (0.047) | (0.056) | (0.056) | (0.057) | Leverage | 0.499 | 0.529 | 0.461 | 0.887 | 0.658 | 0.788 | (0.367) | (0.366) | (0.366) | (0.512) | (0.495) | (0.515) | ROA | −1.201 | −0.980 | −0.986 | 1.448 | 0.622 | 1.526 | (1.269) | (1.278) | (1.266) | (1.693) | (1.712) | (1.689) | Cash holding | −0.117 | −0.046 | −0.092 | −0.282 | 0.103 | −0.238 | (0.164) | (0.169) | (0.163) | (0.235) | (0.231) | (0.236) | R&D | 0.193 | 0.199 | 0.190 | 0.172 | 0.171 | 0.181 | (0.045) | (0.045) | (0.045) | (0.055) | (0.054) | (0.055) | Subsidy | 0.086 | 0.088 | 0.086 | 0.049 | 0.064 | 0.049 | (0.031) | (0.031) | (0.031) | (0.035) | (0.036) | (0.036) | Top hold | −0.537 | −0.541 | −0.476 | −0.352 | −0.244 | −0.370 | (0.387) | (0.387) | (0.385) | (0.503) | (0.491) | (0.505) | TMT size | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.035 | 0.114 | 0.073 | 0.120 | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.031) | (0.030) | (0.031) | Duality | −0.637 | −0.592 | −0.612 | −0.781 | −0.639 | −0.789 | (0.138) | (0.141) | (0.138) | (0.192) | (0.186) | (0.192) | Constant | 1.135 | 1.161 | 1.143 | 1.767 | 1.650 | 1.758 | (0.280) | (0.301) | (0.292) | (0.074) | (0.082) | (0.073) | Year | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Industry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N | 1855 | 1855 | 1855 | 1855 | 1855 | 1855 | Chi2 | 243.554 | 243.661 | 252.839 | 212.109 | 257.527 | 227.563 |
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Note that standard errors are in parentheses: p < 0.1; p < 0.05; p < 0.01. |