Impact of carbon disclosure on debt financing costs

Creditors,such as banks,often use disclosed environmental information to assess a company’s environmental risk and ensure the safety of debt funds.Consequently,carbon disclosures have become an important consideration for creditors when making investments.This study explores the relationship between carbon disclosure and debt financing costs using data on listed companies from 2008 to 2019.The results show that carbon disclosure can reduce the debt financing costs of enterprises,and that this influence is more significant for private companies than for state-owned enterprises.Instrumental variables and Propensity Score Matching(PSM)were used to evaluate the robustness of negative relationships.Furthermore,carbon disclosure has a more significant impact on debt costs with less environmental supervision pressure,weak residents’environmental awareness,and weak product market competition.These findings provide guidance for companies’carbon information disclosure and support the establishment of official carbon disclosure standards.

How Does ESG Performance Impact Corporate Financing Costs?An Empirical Study in China

In the background of the green transformation of the economy and society,the ESG performance of enterprises has been paid more and more attention in the investment decision-making.However,previous studies have inadequately explored how the ESG performance affects corporate financing costs.Based on the information asymmetry theory,this paper analyzes the impact mechanism of ESG performance on corporate financing costs.Then,taking 1044 A-share listed companies in2016–2020 as a sample,through the sorting and analysis of ESG report disclosure and rating data,the company’s ESG performance indicators are obtained,and an empirical model is built to test the relationship between ESG performance and corporate financing costs.This paper constructs a panel regression model using ESG rating data and corporate financial data and finds that in the overall sample,the higher the ESG performance,the lower the equity financing cost;The higher the ESG performance,the lower the debt financing cost.In addition,it also discussed the moderating effect of enterprise scale and media attention on the impact of ESG performance on enterprise financing costs.The empirical results show that the influence of company size on ESG performance on financing costs has a moderating effect and a positive moderating effect.

Can material asset reorganizations affect acquirers' debt financing costs?——Evidence from the Chinese Merger and Acquisition Market

In this paper, we investigate whether material asset reorganizations(MARs), a special form of merger and acquisition(M&A) transactions, can affect the acquirers' cost of debt financing. Further, we examine the effect of acquiring firms' accounting information quality on the cost of debt and on the association between MARs and debt costs. We predict that compared to conventional M&As, large-scale acquisitions through MARs can generate a much greater influx of assets from target firms. This raises the acquirers' asset collateral and thus reduces the cost of debt. Because the quality of accounting information is a key factor affecting the cost of debt, we suggest that it has a spillover effect on the debt-cost effect of MARs. Using M&A transactions by listed companies in the Chinese A-share market from 2008 to 2014 as our sample, we find that MARs are associated with a higher asset collateral and lower ex post cost of debt than conventional M&As. Furthermore, we show that the acquiring firms' accounting information quality has a significant negative effect on debt costs, and the negative association between MARs and the cost of debt is more pronounced when accounting information quality is higher.

Motivation,Dilemma and Countermeasures of Foreign Bond Financing of Real Estate Enterprises:Based on Perspective of Financial Internationalization

Several real estate enterprises in China(hereinafter referred to as housing enterprises)rely on overseas financing to meet their financing needs,but it is fraught with challenges such as high financing costs.Premised on the internationalization of finance,combined with the background of“staying and not speculating”and establishing a long-term mechanism for real estate market,based on the investigation of the financing motives of real estate enterprises,combined with a large amount of data,the present study examines the current situation and predicament of overseas financing of housing enterprises.It proposes four feasible countermeasures to promote sustainable development of real estate enterprises overseas financing including building a special financing system to reduce the cost,expanding various financing channels,strengthening the supervision of overseas bond financing,and reducing the loss devaluation of RMB internally and externally.

Structural Reform Holds the Key to Reducing Social Financing Cost

In the last couple of years, social financing costs have shot up in China despite an overall capital abundance and increasing market-based capital allocation. This paper has investigated overall financial cost and capital cost ratio as two measurements of financing cost, compared financing costs of different channels, examined the relationship of risk premium, financial repression, interest rate liberalization, and resource occupation versus financing cost, and addressed the problem of high non-manufacturing cost. On such a basis, specific countermeasures have been proposed. The main conclusion of this paper is： The current high social financing costs primarily result from economic structural imbalance. The fundamental solution lies in continuing structural reform and credibility system development to eliminate barriers in the transmission of capital circulation policies such as expanding equity financing, relaxing market access formalities for small and micro financial institutions, and improving the bankruptcy system to give full play to the ＂survival of the fittest＂ mechanism of the market.

Research on Financial Support for the New Types of Agricultural Management Entities from the Perspective of the Rural Revitalization Strategy

Both the escape from the predicament of traditional financial support in rural areas and the cultivation of new types of agricultural management entities underlie,at a micro level,the improvement of a new-type of agricultural management system,and offer an important guarantee for the implementation of a rural revitalization strategy.In reference to the demands of carrying out reform,activating factors,invigorating entities and stimulating markets during the implementation of this rural revitalization strategy,we are applying a financing preference theory that infers and analyzes the excessive preference for new-type agricultural management entities(family farms,specialized farmer cooperatives,specialized large family farms,and modern agricultural enterprises)regarding government subsidies(quasi-equity financing).Our analysis has identified crucial factors in the issue and predicts that government subsidies(quasi-equity financing)will crowd out financial support funding(quasi-debt financing),and we offer empirical proof obtained through statistical modeling.As our results indicate,financing costs,free cash flows,and the perceived income adequacy(PIA)of new-type agricultural management entities all have significant influence upon decision-making for debt financing by such entities.Therefore,with the concrete contents of the formulation of policies concerning the financial support for rural agricultural strategy,one not only needs to consider the further decrease of financing costs,but also should take into account both the designing of cash flow mechanism in the process of paying both principal and interest,and the improvement of bankruptcy rules for agricultural management entities to accelerate the transformation of family farms,specialized farmer cooperatives,and specialized large family farms,towards modern agricultural enterprises.Meanwhile,upgrades to the supply chains of the agriculture industry,improvements to the construction of the rural financial information system,building an accounting system that meets the requirements of the rural revitalization strategy,and giving full play to the policies for financial support,which assume an important role in activating factors and markets during the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy,are also anticipated.

Analysis on Investment Behavior of Agricultural Sector in China

In the process of industrialization, China has been a big agricultural country, and the agricultural sector＇s economic activities have been playing important role in economic growth. This paper established the investment behavior model of agricultural enterprises on the basis of Chinese practice. And then, the model presented the important factors impacting on investment, such as financing cost, wage, and policy factors, etc. Thirdly, this paper in particular used R-studio to estimate the impact of fmancing cost and policy factor on investment and capital accumulation of primary industry sector by gathering the data from 2003 to 2013. The results showed that the official interest rate of loans of financial institutions could be the proxy variable as the financing cost of agricultural enterprises, and the employment level of agricultural enterprises had negative impact on investment. Finally, this paper provided some explanations and suggestions on the basis of above results.

Implementation of Centralized Administration and Management of Funds in Enterprise Groups

Enterprise groups are characterized by multiple levels of enterprises with large scales of assets and complex business models.In the process of administration and management of funds,there are often some problems,such as unreasonable internal funds allocation,high financing costs,and flawed funds control.Centralized fund management is a tool for the overall allocation of intra-group fiinds and the coordinated management of group investment and financing.It can optimize the resource allocation of enterprise groups and reduce financing costs as well as capital risks.By selecting centralized fund management,establishing control and early warning system,as well as building information system and other steps,enterprise groups can better implement centralized fund management and improve their capital control.

ESG performance and cost of debt

We analyze China Securities Index Co.,Ltd.(CSI)environmental,social and governance(ESG)scoring data,which incorporate Chinese characteristics,to assess the impact of ESG performance on corporate debt financing costs.Our findings indicate that better CSI ESG scores are correlated with lower debt financing costs.Additionally,improvements in local environmental execution enhance the effect of CSI ESG scores on debt financing costs.However,this effect diminishes with increased internal control quality and marketization.Governance has the greatest impact on reducing debt financing costs,followed by social and environmental factors.Superior CSI ESG scores reduce corporate debt financing costs by enhancing debt repayment capacity and reducing information asymmetry.Economic consequence analysis confirms that lower financing costs,driven by improved ESG performance,significantly enhance total factor productivity and firm value.CSI ESG scores also significantly impact bank loans but not corporate bond financing.

The Effect of Corporate Governance on Debt Financing Cost of Listed Companies

In recent years, bank credit business is booming with the increasing borrowing retention o~ China＇s listed companies, and debt financing has become the major approach among listed companies＇ financing strategies. As a series of institutional arrangements about rights, responsibilities and benefits between different shareholders, corporate governance mechanism has a significant influence on the cost of debt financing. This paper employs variable coefficient panel data model to investigate the relationship of the listed company＇s debt financing costs and corporate governance mechanism in terms of structural characteristics and time series characteristics. The results show that optimizing the structure of both Board of Directors and Board of Supervisors, establishing a reasonable management incentive system and reducing the concentration of ownership properly can directly contribute to a lower company＇s debt financing costs. Meanwhile, property rights have an interactive influence on corporate governance from four aspects, which indirectly effect in company＇s debt financing costs.

Does Bank Competition Promote Corporate Green Innovation?Evidence from the Location of Bank Branches

Based on the geographic coordinates of bank branches and firms,this study analyzes the impact of firm-level bank competition on corporate green innovation and its underlying mechanisms.The findings of this study are mainly as follows.First,bank competition promotes corporate green innovation by reducing transaction costs,increasing the possibility and quantity of firms applying for green patents.Second,bank competition increases the share of green innovation while reducing the share of nongreen innovation.Third,environmental regulation strengthens the promotion effect of bank competition on corporate green innovation,and the strengthening effect is greatest when environmental regulation is between its 50th and 75th quantile.The proportion of state-owned banks weakens the promotion effect of bank competition on corporate green innovation.This paper is helpfill to understand the impact of the banking system on sustainable economic development.