Research Article

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

Table 7

Dependent variable forward two periods.

VariablesGreen inventiont + 2Green utilityt + 2
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

CEO media0.2230.1850.1330.3270.1510.180
(0.036)(0.049)(0.064)(0.053)(0.068)(0.089)
State−0.105−0.215
(0.233)(0.317)
CEO media × state0.0840.376
(0.070)(0.093)
Rule−1.136−0.931
(0.404)(0.396)
CEO media × rule0.0710.117
(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)
Leverage0.4990.5290.4610.8870.6580.788
(0.367)(0.366)(0.366)(0.512)(0.495)(0.515)
ROA−1.201−0.980−0.9861.4480.6221.526
(1.269)(1.278)(1.266)(1.693)(1.712)(1.689)
Cash holding−0.117−0.046−0.092−0.2820.103−0.238
(0.164)(0.169)(0.163)(0.235)(0.231)(0.236)
R&D0.1930.1990.1900.1720.1710.181
(0.045)(0.045)(0.045)(0.055)(0.054)(0.055)
Subsidy0.0860.0880.0860.0490.0640.049
(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 size0.0320.0310.0350.1140.0730.120
(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)
Constant1.1351.1611.1431.7671.6501.758
(0.280)(0.301)(0.292)(0.074)(0.082)(0.073)
YearYesYesYesYesYesYes
IndustryYesYesYesYesYesYes
N185518551855185518551855
Chi2243.554243.661252.839212.109257.527227.563

Note that standard errors are in parentheses: p < 0.1; p < 0.05; p < 0.01.