Internal Control Quality, Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment and Finance Performance: An Empirical Study of China’s A-Share Heavy Pollution Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses
2.1. The Impact of Internal Control Quality on Financial Performance
2.2. The Impact of Internal Control Quality on Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment
2.3. The Impact of Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment on Financial Performance
3. Methods
3.1. Data Sources
3.2. Measurement of the Main Variables
3.2.1. Explanatory Variable
3.2.2. Explained Variable
3.2.3. Intermediary Variable
3.2.4. Control Variable
3.3. Model Design
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive Statistics
4.2. Correlation Analysis
4.3. Analysis of Regression Results
4.4. Robustness Tests
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Contributions
5.2. Managerial Contributions
5.3. Policy Contributions
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Type | Name | Code | Connotation |
---|---|---|---|
Explained variable | Financial performance | EPS | Net profit divided by total shares |
Explanatory variable | Internal control quality | ICQ | Natural logarithm of internal control index |
Intermediary variable | Environmental protection investment | EPI | Natural logarithm of newly added environmental protection investment |
Control variable | Asset–liability ratio | LEV | Total liabilities divided by total assets |
Asset turnover ratio | ATO | Operating income divided by total assets | |
The proportion of independent directors | ID | Number of independent directors divided by total number of boards | |
Operating risk | VOL | Annual stock price volatility | |
CEO change | TURN | If the CEO changed to 1 in the previous year, otherwise 0 | |
Institutional investor holdings | INSHARE | Institutional investor holdings divided by total shares | |
Enterprise size | SIZE | Natural log of total assets | |
Market the degree of competition | HHI | Hefindahl–Hirschman index | |
Time | YEAR | Virtual variable |
Variables | N | Mean | Std | Maximum | Minimum | Median |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPS | 2326 | 0.3771 | 0.6517 | 13.0991 | −2.6767 | 0.2415 |
ICQ | 2326 | 6.4877 | 0.1730 | 6.8797 | 4.1909 | 6.5157 |
EPI | 2326 | 16.6052 | 2.4269 | 23.8949 | 6.5523 | 16.7236 |
LEV | 2326 | 0.4855 | 0.2055 | 1.3518 | 0.0167 | 0.4979 |
ATO | 2326 | 0.6522 | 0.3967 | 3.2808 | 0.0513 | 0.5714 |
ID | 2326 | 0.3679 | 0.0537 | 0.7143 | 0.2308 | 0.3333 |
VOL | 2326 | 42.2535 | 15.7877 | 133.3848 | 5.2898 | 39.2071 |
TURN | 2326 | 0.8396 | 0.3670 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
INSHARE | 2326 | 45.2132 | 22.7455 | 186.9690 | 0.0000 | 46.2644 |
SIZE | 2326 | 22.6629 | 1.3333 | 28.5085 | 19.8377 | 22.5168 |
HHI | 2326 | 0.1088 | 0.1229 | 0.9700 | 0.0153 | 0.0807 |
Variables | EPS | ICQ | EPI | LEV | ATO | ID | VOL | TURN | INSHARE | SIZE | HHI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPS | 1 | ||||||||||
ICQ | 0.2872 *** | 1 | |||||||||
EPI | 0.0992 *** | 0.1177 *** | 1 | ||||||||
LEV | −0.2256 *** | −0.0509 ** | 0.2794 *** | 1 | |||||||
ATO | 0.0691 *** | 0.0770 *** | −0.1041 *** | −0.0365 * | 1 | ||||||
ID | 0.0458 ** | −0.0188 | −0.0894 *** | −0.0536 *** | 0.0601 *** | 1 | |||||
VOL | −0.0416 ** | −0.0296 | −0.0905 *** | −0.0232 | −0.0243 | −0.0114 | 1 | ||||
TURN | 0.0985 *** | 0.0486 ** | −0.0061 | −0.1196 *** | −0.0222 | −0.0203 | 0.0049 | 1 | |||
INSHARE | 0.1272 *** | 0.1082 *** | 0.1421 *** | 0.1679 *** | 0.1209 *** | 0.0021 | −0.0805 *** | −0.0896 *** | 1 | ||
SIZE | 0.1498 *** | 0.1576 *** | 0.4971 *** | 0.4739 *** | −0.0345 * | 0.0083 | −0.2149 *** | −0.0658 *** | 0.4170 *** | 1 | |
HHI | −0.0201 | 0.0128 | −0.0995 *** | −0.0307 | 0.1273 *** | 0.0743 *** | −0.0542 *** | 0.0169 | 0.0208 | −0.0448 ** | 1 |
Variables | Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) |
---|---|---|---|
EPS | EPI | EPS | |
ICQ | 0.829 *** | 0.792 *** | 0.819 *** |
(7.94) | (3.03) | (7.89) | |
EPI | 0.013 *** | ||
(2.68) | |||
LEV | −1.062 *** | 0.643 ** | −1.070 *** |
(−10.57) | (2.49) | (−10.62) | |
ATO | 0.052 * | −0.435 *** | 0.058 * |
(1.72) | (−3.73) | (1.90) | |
ID | 0.374 | −3.629 *** | 0.421 |
(1.23) | (−4.51) | (1.38) | |
VOL | 0.003 * | 0.004 | 0.003 * |
(1.93) | (1.00) | (1.89) | |
TURN | 0.119 *** | 0.141 | 0.118 *** |
(3.90) | (1.19) | (3.86) | |
INSHARE | 0.002 *** | −0.007 *** | 0.002 *** |
(3.25) | (−3.11) | (3.38) | |
SIZE | 0.132 *** | 0.894 *** | 0.121 *** |
(8.35) | (19.98) | (7.70) | |
HHI | −0.181 ** | −1.245 *** | −0.165 ** |
(−2.32) | (−3.45) | (−2.14) | |
YEAR | Control | Control | Control |
Constant | −7.777 *** | −7.302 *** | −7.683 *** |
(−10.79) | (−4.15) | (−10.75) | |
N | 2326 | 2326 | 2326 |
R2 | 0.214 | 0.277 | 0.216 |
R2_Adj | 0.208 | 0.271 | 0.209 |
F | 17.36 *** | 47.03 *** | 16.52 *** |
VIF_Max | 1.92 | 1.92 | 2.21 |
Variables | EI | CPR | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | |
EPS | EI | EPS | CPR | EI | CPR | |
ICQ | 0.795 *** | 0.015 *** | 0.780 *** | 0.169 *** | 0.015 *** | 0.164 *** |
(7.42) | (3.85) | (7.33) | (5.72) | (3.85) | (5.54) | |
EI | 1.037 *** | 0.345 * | ||||
(4.52) | (1.84) | |||||
LEV | −1.057 *** | 0.028 *** | −1.086 *** | −0.385 *** | 0.028 *** | −0.394 *** |
(−10.09) | (2.85) | (−10.38) | (−10.10) | (2.85) | (−10.78) | |
ATO | 0.060 * | −0.012 *** | 0.073 ** | −0.091 *** | −0.012 *** | −0.087 *** |
(1.88) | (−5.47) | (2.25) | (−7.26) | (−5.47) | (−6.93) | |
ID | 0.443 | −0.012 | 0.455 | 0.162 * | −0.012 | 0.166 * |
(1.38) | (−0.67) | (1.42) | (1.80) | (−0.67) | (1.85) | |
VOL | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | −0.000 | 0.000 | −0.000 |
(1.34) | (1.03) | (1.28) | (−0.98) | (1.03) | (−1.06) | |
TURN | 0.135 *** | 0.003 | 0.132 *** | 0.016 | 0.003 | 0.015 |
(4.34) | (1.29) | (4.27) | (1.16) | (1.29) | (1.09) | |
INSHARE | 0.002 *** | 0.000 | 0.002 *** | 0.000 ** | 0.000 | 0.000 ** |
(2.97) | (0.28) | (2.96) | (2.19) | (0.28) | (2.17) | |
SIZE | 0.138 *** | −0.004 ** | 0.142 *** | 0.029 *** | −0.004 ** | 0.031 *** |
(8.16) | (−2.49) | (8.41) | (5.69) | (−2.49) | (6.10) | |
HHI | −0.170 ** | −0.002 | −0.168 ** | 0.022 | −0.002 | 0.023 |
(−2.18) | (−0.22) | (−2.18) | (0.70) | (−0.22) | (0.76) | |
YEAR | Control | Control | Control | Control | Control | Control |
Constant | −7.734 *** | −0.009 | −7.725 *** | −1.474 *** | −0.009 | −1.471 *** |
(−10.39) | (−0.27) | (−10.44) | (−6.90) | (−0.27) | (−6.96) | |
N | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 |
R2 | 0.218 | 0.038 | 0.221 | 0.191 | 0.038 | 0.195 |
R2_Adj | 0.211 | 0.0295 | 0.214 | 0.184 | 0.0295 | 0.188 |
F | 15.94 *** | 5.188 *** | 15.84 *** | 14.56 *** | 5.188 *** | 15.69 *** |
Winsorized | Fixed Effect Model | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | |
EPS | EI | EPS | EPS | EI | EPS | |
ICQ | 1.066 *** | 0.018 *** | 1.046 *** | 0.813 *** | 0.020 *** | 0.785 *** |
(11.05) | (4.89) | (10.88) | (10.80) | (4.28) | (10.40) | |
EI | 1.087 *** | 1.411 *** | ||||
(3.22) | (3.46) | |||||
LEV | −0.903 *** | 0.017 *** | −0.921 *** | −0.960 *** | 0.015 ** | −0.981 *** |
(−13.02) | (4.00) | (−13.39) | (−9.26) | (2.22) | (−9.48) | |
ATO | 0.052 * | −0.011 *** | 0.064 ** | 0.400 *** | −0.009 *** | 0.413 *** |
(1.80) | (−7.10) | (2.17) | (7.22) | (−2.58) | (7.46) | |
ID | 0.266 | −0.020 | 0.287 | −0.755 *** | 0.010 | −0.770 *** |
(1.41) | (−1.52) | (1.52) | (−2.76) | (0.61) | (−2.82) | |
VOL | 0.002 ** | 0.000 | 0.002 ** | −0.000 | −0.000 | 0.000 |
(2.50) | (1.63) | (2.34) | (−0.05) | (−0.60) | (0.00) | |
TURN | 0.108 *** | 0.002 | 0.106 *** | 0.045 * | 0.003 ** | 0.040 |
(3.89) | (1.04) | (3.84) | (1.79) | (2.04) | (1.61) | |
INSHARE | 0.001 *** | −0.000 | 0.001 *** | 0.000 | −0.000 | 0.000 |
(2.87) | (−0.25) | (2.89) | (0.29) | (−0.94) | (0.38) | |
SIZE | 0.111 *** | −0.002 *** | 0.113 *** | 0.182 *** | −0.002 | 0.185 *** |
(9.30) | (−2.84) | (9.57) | (7.59) | (−1.28) | (7.73) | |
HHI | −0.166 ** | −0.007 | −0.158 ** | 0.187 | −0.012 | 0.205 |
(−2.36) | (−1.44) | (−2.27) | (0.88) | (−0.91) | (0.96) | |
YEAR | Control | Control | Control | - | - | - |
Constant | −8.873 *** | −0.058 ** | −8.811 *** | −8.623 *** | −0.078 | −8.513 *** |
(−14.45) | (−2.34) | (−14.38) | (−11.07) | (−1.58) | (−10.96) | |
N | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 | 2089 |
R2 | 0.270 | 0.045 | 0.273 | 0.176 | 0.022 | 0.183 |
R2_Adj | 0.264 | 0.0372 | 0.267 | - | - | - |
F | 25.83 *** | 6.074 *** | 25.33 *** | 35.75 *** | 3.668 *** | 33.61 *** |
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Yang, L.; Qin, H.; Gan, Q.; Su, J. Internal Control Quality, Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment and Finance Performance: An Empirical Study of China’s A-Share Heavy Pollution Industry. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176082
Yang L, Qin H, Gan Q, Su J. Internal Control Quality, Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment and Finance Performance: An Empirical Study of China’s A-Share Heavy Pollution Industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176082
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Liu, Han Qin, Quanxin Gan, and Jiafu Su. 2020. "Internal Control Quality, Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment and Finance Performance: An Empirical Study of China’s A-Share Heavy Pollution Industry" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176082
APA StyleYang, L., Qin, H., Gan, Q., & Su, J. (2020). Internal Control Quality, Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment and Finance Performance: An Empirical Study of China’s A-Share Heavy Pollution Industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176082