How does bank branch expansion affect ESG: Evidence from Chinese commercial banks
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2024.03.025
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Simona Galletta & Sebastiano Mazzù, 2023. "ESG controversies and bank risk taking," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(1), pages 274-288, January.
- John (Jianqiu) Bai & Daniel Carvalho & Gordon M. Phillips, 2018.
"The Impact of Bank Credit on Labor Reallocation and Aggregate Industry Productivity,"
Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 73(6), pages 2787-2836, December.
- John (Jianqiu) Bai & Daniel Carvalho & Gordon Phillips*, 2016. "The Impact of Bank Credit on Labor Reallocation and Aggregate Industry Productivity," Working Papers 16-26, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
- John (Jianqiu) Bai & Daniel Carvalho & Gordon M. Phillips, 2017. "The Impact of Bank Credit on Labor Reallocation and Aggregate Industry Productivity," NBER Working Papers 24081, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Thorsten Beck & Asli Demirgüč-Kunt & Vojislav Maksimovic, 2004.
"Bank competition and access to finance: international evidence,"
Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, pages 627-654.
- Beck, Thorsten & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Maksimovic, Vojislav, 2004. "Bank Competition and Access to Finance: International Evidence," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 36(3), pages 627-648, June.
- Zarutskie, Rebecca, 2006. "Evidence on the effects of bank competition on firm borrowing and investment," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(3), pages 503-537, September.
- Austin Dejan & M. Kabir Hassan & Ibrahim Siraj & Arja Turunen-Red, 2022. "On the relation between credit market disruption and corporate social responsibility," International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(2), pages 107-141.
- Zhang, Xiaoqian & Huang, Bin, 2022. "Does bank competition inhibit the formation of zombie firms?," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 1045-1060.
- Jin, Li & Myers, Stewart C., 2006. "R2 around the world: New theory and new tests," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(2), pages 257-292, February.
- Tara Rice & Philip E. Strahan, 2010. "Does Credit Competition Affect Small‐Firm Finance?," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 65(3), pages 861-889, June.
- Francis, Bill & Hasan, Iftekhar & Wang, Haizhi, 2014. "Banking deregulation, consolidation, and corporate cash holdings: U.S. evidence," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 45-56.
- Dong Wang & Shengli Chen, 2022. "RETRACTED: Digital Transformation and Enterprise Resilience: Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-23, October.
- Cornaggia, Jess & Mao, Yifei & Tian, Xuan & Wolfe, Brian, 2015. "Does banking competition affect innovation?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(1), pages 189-209.
- Santiago Carbó-Valverde & Francisco Rodríguez-Fernández & Gregory F. Udell, 2009.
"Bank Market Power and SME Financing Constraints,"
Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 13(2), pages 309-340.
- Santiago Carbó-Valverde & Francisco Rodríguez-Fernández & Gregory F. Udell, 2006. "Bank market power and SME financing constraints," Proceedings 1022, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
- Bellucci, Andrea & Borisov, Alexander & Zazzaro, Alberto, 2013.
"Do banks price discriminate spatially? Evidence from small business lending in local credit markets,"
Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 37(11), pages 4183-4197.
- Andrea Bellucci & Alexander Borisov & Alberto Zazzaro, 2013. "Do Banks Price Discriminate Spatially? Evidence from Small Business Lending in Local Credit Markets," Working Papers CASMEF 1303, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli.
- Andrea Bellucci & Alexander V. Borisov & Alberto Zazzaro, 2013. "Do Banks Price Discriminate Spatially? Evidence from Small Business Lending in Local Credit Markets," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers 79, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences.
- Hoje Jo & Maretno Harjoto, 2012. "The Causal Effect of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 106(1), pages 53-72, March.
- Levine, Oliver & Warusawitharana, Missaka, 2021.
"Finance and productivity growth: Firm-level evidence,"
Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 91-107.
- Oliver Levine & Missaka Warusawitharana, 2014. "Finance and Productivity Growth: Firm-level Evidence," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2014-17, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Knyazeva, Anzhela & Knyazeva, Diana, 2012. "Does being your bank’s neighbor matter?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 1194-1209.
- Farah Zamir & Abubakr Saeed, 2020. "Location matters: Impact of geographical proximity to financial centers on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in emerging economies," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 37(1), pages 263-295, March.
- Lai, Shaojie & Chen, Lihan & Wang, Qing Sophie & Anderson, Hamish D., 2023. "Bank competition and corporate employment: Evidence from the geographic distribution of bank branches in China," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
- Wang, Yizhi & Lin, Yongjia & Fu, Xiaoqing & Chen, Songhe, 2023. "Institutional ownership heterogeneity and ESG performance: Evidence from China," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
- Yi Tang & Cuili Qian & Guoli Chen & Rui Shen, 2015. "How CEO hubris affects corporate social (ir)responsibility," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(9), pages 1338-1357, September.
- Charles J. Hadlock & Joshua R. Pierce, 2010. "New Evidence on Measuring Financial Constraints: Moving Beyond the KZ Index," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 23(5), pages 1909-1940.
- Chengxiao Feng & Zhubo Li & Zhen Peng, 2021. "The Impact of Banking Competition on Firm Credit Risk and Leverage," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, November.
- Stiroh, Kevin J & Strahan, Philip E, 2003. "Competitive Dynamics of Deregulation: Evidence from U.S. Banking," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(5), pages 801-828, October.
- Johan Hombert & Adrien Matray, 2017. "The Real Effects of Lending Relationships on Innovative Firms and Inventor Mobility," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 30(7), pages 2413-2445.
- Mitchell A. Petersen & Raghuram G. Rajan, 2002.
"Does Distance Still Matter? The Information Revolution in Small Business Lending,"
Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 57(6), pages 2533-2570, December.
- Mitchell A. Petersen & Raghuram G. Rajan, 2000. "Does Distance Still Matter? The Information Revolution in Small Business Lending," NBER Working Papers 7685, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Yasser Eliwa & Ahmed Aboud & Ahmed Saleh, 2023. "Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(7), pages 4046-4067, November.
- Sumit Agarwal, 2010. "Distance and Private Information in Lending," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 23(7), pages 2757-2788, July.
- Shang, Yuping & Raza, Syed Ali & Huo, Zhe & Shahzad, Umer & Zhao, Xin, 2023. "Does enterprise digital transformation contribute to the carbon emission reduction? Micro-level evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 1-13.
- Xu, Cheng & Gao, Jun & Liu, Xinghe & Sun, Yanqi & Koedijk, Kees G., 2023. "Great Chinese famine, corporate social responsibility and firm value," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
- Shen, Yongchang & Fu, Yunyun & Song, Malin, 2023. "Does digital transformation make enterprises greener? Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 1642-1654.
- Lai, Xiaobing & Yue, Shujing & Guo, Chong & Zhang, Xinhe, 2023. "Does FinTech reduce corporate excess leverage? Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 281-299.
- Dyck, Alexander & Lins, Karl V. & Roth, Lukas & Wagner, Hannes F., 2019.
"Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence,"
Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(3), pages 693-714.
- Alexander Dyck & Karl V. Lins & Lukas Roth & Hannes F. Wagner, 2018. "Do Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Social Responsibility? International Evidence," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers 1873, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy.
- Xingqiang Du & Wei Jian & Yingjie Du & Wentao Feng & Quan Zeng, 2014. "Religion, the Nature of Ultimate Owner, and Corporate Philanthropic Giving: Evidence from China," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 123(2), pages 235-256, August.
- Dang, Viet Anh & Lee, Edward & Liu, Yangke & Zeng, Cheng, 2022. "Bank deregulation and stock price crash risk," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
- Xiangyu Chen & Peng Wan, 2020. "Social trust and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from China," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(2), pages 485-500, March.
- Zhiwei Zhang & Dayong Zhang & Josef C. Brada & Ali M. Kutan, 2019. "Does Bank Competition Alleviate Financing Constraints in China? Further Evidence From Listed Firms," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(9), pages 2124-2145, July.
- Leon, Florian, 2015.
"Does bank competition alleviate credit constraints in developing countries?,"
Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 130-142.
- Florian Leon, 2015. "Does bank competition alleviate credit constraints in developing countries?," Post-Print hal-03958252, HAL.
- Boubakri, Narjess & El Ghoul, Sadok & Wang, He & Guedhami, Omrane & Kwok, Chuck C.Y., 2016. "Cross-listing and corporate social responsibility," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 123-138.
- Cui, Di & Ding, Mingfa & He, Zhongda & Shen, Mi, 2022. "Restricted shares and CSR: Evidence from foreign strategic investors in China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
- Joanna Tochman Campbell & Lorraine Eden & Stewart R Miller, 2012. "Multinationals and corporate social responsibility in host countries: Does distance matter?," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 43(1), pages 84-106, January.
- Azmi, Wajahat & Hassan, M. Kabir & Houston, Reza & Karim, Mohammad Sydul, 2021. "ESG activities and banking performance: International evidence from emerging economies," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
- Ge-zhi Wu & Da-ming You, 2021. "Will enterprise digital transformation affect diversification strategy?," Papers 2112.06605, arXiv.org, revised Aug 2022.
- Amore, Mario Daniele & Schneider, Cédric & Žaldokas, Alminas, 2013. "Credit supply and corporate innovation," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(3), pages 835-855.
- Ren, Xiaohang & Zeng, Gudian & Zhao, Yang, 2023. "Digital finance and corporate ESG performance: Empirical evidence from listed companies in China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
- Zhang, Dongyang, 2023. "Does green finance really inhibit extreme hypocritical ESG risk? A greenwashing perspective exploration," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
- Nofsinger, John R. & Sulaeman, Johan & Varma, Abhishek, 2019. "Institutional investors and corporate social responsibility," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 700-725.
- Yufeng Xia & Peisen Liu, 2022. "Does Bank Competition Promote Corporate Green Innovation? Evidence from the Location of Bank Branches," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 30(2), pages 84-116, March.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Dang, Viet Anh & Lee, Edward & Liu, Yangke & Zeng, Cheng, 2022. "Bank deregulation and stock price crash risk," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
- Xiang, Yitian & Cui, Haotian & Bi, Yunxiao, 2023. "The impact and channel effects of banking competition and government intervention on carbon emissions: Evidence from China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
- Lai, Shaojie & Chen, Lihan & Wang, Qing Sophie & Anderson, Hamish D., 2023. "Bank competition and corporate employment: Evidence from the geographic distribution of bank branches in China," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
- Yufeng Xia & Peisen Liu, 2022. "Does Bank Competition Promote Corporate Green Innovation? Evidence from the Location of Bank Branches," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 30(2), pages 84-116, March.
- Berger, Allen N. & Chen, Ruiyuan (Ryan) & El Ghoul, Sadok & Guedhami, Omrane, 2020. "Who wins and who loses from bank geographic deregulation? Analysis of financially constrained and unconstrained firms," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
- Berger, Allen N. & Molyneux, Phil & Wilson, John O.S., 2020. "Banks and the real economy: An assessment of the research," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
- Jiang, Tianjiao & Levine, Ross & Lin, Chen & Wei, Lai, 2020. "Bank deregulation and corporate risk," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
- Li, Bo & Cheng, Yue & Tian, Guangning, 2024. "Bank competition and firm asset- debt maturity mismatch: Evidence from the SMEs in China," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
- Danlin Shen & Carl R. Chen & Xinyan Yan & Zhihong Yi, 2022. "Do credit market accessibility and legal protection shape corporate innovation?," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 45(3), pages 719-754, September.
- Wang, Xiaodong & Han, Liang & Huang, Xing, 2020. "Bank market power and SME finance: Firm-bank evidence from European countries," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
- Kose John & Qianru Qi & Jing Wang, 2020. "Bank Integration and the Market for Corporate Control: Evidence from Cross-State Acquisitions," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 66(7), pages 3277-3294, July.
- Mi, Biao & Zhang, Luqiao & Han, Liang & Shen, Yun, 2024. "Bank market power and financial reporting quality," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
- Drexler, Alejandro & Guettler, Andre & Taskin, Ahmet Ali, 2023. "Competition between arm’s length and relational lenders: Who wins the contest?," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
- Li, Shengfeng & Han, Liang & Mi, Biao, 2024. "The effects of banking market structure on corporate cash holdings and the value of cash," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
- Wang, Qian & Du, Zhuo-Ya, 2022. "Changing the impact of banking concentration on corporate innovation: The moderating effect of digital transformation," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
- Chu, Yongqiang, 2018. "Banking deregulation and credit supply: Distinguishing the balance sheet and the competition channels," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 35(PA), pages 102-119.
- Liu, Xiaoling & Wu, Yuhui & Zhang, Huan, 2023. "Collateral-based monetary policy and corporate employment: Evidence from Medium-term Lending Facility in China," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
- Hussain Khan, Habib & Kutan, Ali M., 2023. "Banking sector competition and firms’ financial constraints: Firm-Level evidence from developing economies," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
- Sun, Ruohan & Zhou, Nan & Zhang, Bing, 2023. "Can bank branch establishment help SMEs survive? Evidence from China," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
- Florian Leon, 2015.
"What do we know about the role of bank competition in Africa?,"
CERDI Working papers
halshs-01164864, HAL.
- Florian LEON, 2015. "What do we know about the role of bank competition in Africa?," Working Papers 201516, CERDI.
- Florian Leon, 2015. "What do we know about the role of bank competition in Africa?," Working Papers halshs-01164864, HAL.
More about this item
Keywords
Bank branch expansion; ESG; Slack resource; Stakeholder theory; Geographic Proximity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
- M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:82:y:2024:i:c:p:502-514. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/economic-analysis-and-policy .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.