{"title":"Digital finance, investor sentiment, and corporate investment and financing","authors":"Dan Zhu , Jingjuan Wang , Shaohua Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104664","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper looks at the significance of digital finance and investor sentiment on corporate financing and investment, while also probing the moderating effect of investor sentiment in the relationship between digital finance and corporate financing. Empirical analysis indicates that: (i) digital finance has a positive significant effect on corporate financing, and the effect is much stronger in firms with much higher digital finance; (ii) investor sentiment also has a positive significant effect on corporate financing and investment; (iii) investor sentiment has a moderating effect in the relationship of digital finance with corporate financing, and the moderating effect has a significant heterogeneity in terms of the types of corporations and the type of equity balances.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48226,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Financial Analysis","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 104664"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Review of Financial Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521925007513","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper looks at the significance of digital finance and investor sentiment on corporate financing and investment, while also probing the moderating effect of investor sentiment in the relationship between digital finance and corporate financing. Empirical analysis indicates that: (i) digital finance has a positive significant effect on corporate financing, and the effect is much stronger in firms with much higher digital finance; (ii) investor sentiment also has a positive significant effect on corporate financing and investment; (iii) investor sentiment has a moderating effect in the relationship of digital finance with corporate financing, and the moderating effect has a significant heterogeneity in terms of the types of corporations and the type of equity balances.
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The International Review of Financial Analysis (IRFA) is an impartial refereed journal designed to serve as a platform for high-quality financial research. It welcomes a diverse range of financial research topics and maintains an unbiased selection process. While not limited to U.S.-centric subjects, IRFA, as its title suggests, is open to valuable research contributions from around the world.