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How market values firms’ green investment: Evidence from mergers and acquisitions in China
This study examines the market reactions to firms’ green investment. By constructing a fixed-effects panel-data regression based on the framework of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), we find a positive and significant relationship between firms’ green investment and market reactions. This positive relationship is more pronounced among non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) and firms that attract extensive media attention. Furthermore, we examine how regional development bolsters the market’s valuation of a firm’s green investment. Finally, we assess the actual effects of green investment and find that the market valuation of firms’ green investment mainly focuses on improvement in short-term environmental performance, rather than the pursuit of long-term sustainability. The results show the increasing importance of green investment in shaping market perceptions, highlighting a potential misalignment between short-term market incentives and the overarching goals of long-term environmental sustainability.
期刊介绍:
Economic Systems is a refereed journal for the analysis of causes and consequences of the significant institutional variety prevailing among developed, developing, and emerging economies, as well as attempts at and proposals for their reform. The journal is open to micro and macro contributions, theoretical as well as empirical, the latter to analyze related topics against the background of country or region-specific experiences. In this respect, Economic Systems retains its long standing interest in the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe and other former transition economies, but also encourages contributions that cover any part of the world, including Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, or Africa.