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Credit market development and firm innovation: evidence from the People's Republic of China.
- Source :
- Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy; Feb2017, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p71-89, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- From the perspective of credit allocation, this paper analyzes the effects of credit market development on the innovative capacities of industrial firms in the People's Republic of China. Using a large dataset of industrial firms in 31 provinces in the People's Republic of China, we find that credit market development enhances the probability of firms' product innovation and innovation outcomes. We further show that firms' credit constraints and firms' performances are two channels through which credit market development affects innovative capacities of firms. Our results are neither driven by the increase in the quantity of credit, nor by the increase in the number of firms in a province. The results are robust to different samples, different estimation methods, and alternative measures of credit market development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- CREDIT control
BOND market
BUSINESS enterprises
INNOVATIONS in business
CREDIT
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13547860
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120538425
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2016.1261476