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Green finance and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of green insurance in China

verfasst von: Qiuping Chen, Bo Ning, Yue Pan, Jinli Xiao

Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Ausgabe 3/2022

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Institutions have an important impact on corporate outward foreign direct investment, while differences in environmental regulations play a significant role in international capital flows based on the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH). This study examines the effect of green insurance, an institutional innovation tool designed to diversify and transfer environmental risks, on the decisions of firms regarding their overseas investment. Using a quasi-natural experiment of green insurance in 2007, this paper investigates the relationship between green insurance and corporate outward foreign direct investment and then further examines the effects of marketization and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on this relationship. The results show that green insurance significantly reduces corporate outward foreign direct investment. Furthermore, the effect of green insurance on corporate outward foreign direct investment is stronger in regions with higher marketization and is weaker when investing in BRI countries. These findings suggest that green insurance is playing a gradually important role in influencing corporate overseas investment decisions. This study contributes to the research on the effects of institutions on corporate outward foreign direct investment while also broadening the research perspective of the PHH.

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Titel: Green finance and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of green insurance in China
verfasst von: Qiuping Chen
Bo Ning
Yue Pan
Jinli Xiao
Publikationsdatum: 03.01.2021
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Ausgabe 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-020-09750-w

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