Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Analysis
3. Econometric Models, Variables, and Data
3.1. Model Specification
3.2. Variable Construction
3.2.1. DVAR
3.2.2. Financial Constraints
3.2.3. Control Variables
3.3. Data Sources and Data Processing
4. Regression Results and Analysis
4.1. Benchmark Regression Results
4.2. Robustness Test
4.2.1. Excluding Outliers
4.2.2. Impact of Financial Crisis
4.2.3. Endogeneity Problems
4.2.4. Alternative Firm Size Measures
4.3. Expansion Analysis: Heterogeneity of Enterprise Ownership
5. Possible Mechanisms
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | |
fin1 | 0.1281 *** | - | - | 0.0928 *** | - | - |
(0.0048) | - | - | (0.0047) | - | - | |
fin2 | - | 0.6972 *** | - | - | 0.3851 *** | - |
- | (0.0183) | - | - | (0.0178) | - | |
fin3 | - | - | 0.0516 *** | - | - | 0.0395 *** |
- | - | (0.0024) | - | - | (0.0024) | |
tfp | 0.0081 *** | 0.0010 ** | 0.0062 *** | 0.0050 *** | 0.0003 | 0.0038 *** |
(0.0005) | (0.0004) | (0.0005) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0005) | |
size | −0.0128 *** | −0.0109 *** | −0.0119 *** | −0.0079 *** | −0.0067 *** | −0.0073 *** |
(0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | |
age | 0.0074 *** | 0.0015 | 0.0073 *** | 0.0047 *** | 0.0009 | 0.0049 *** |
(0.0013) | (0.0013) | (0.0013) | (0.0012) | (0.0012) | (0.0012) | |
intensity | 0.0069 *** | 0.0028 *** | 0.0056 *** | 0.0084 *** | 0.0050 *** | 0.0075 *** |
(0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | |
fdi | −0.738 *** | −0.719 *** | −0.741 *** | 0.0949 *** | 0.0926 *** | 0.0971 *** |
(0.0146) | (0.0147) | (0.0146) | (0.0261) | (0.0262) | (0.0261) | |
hhi | 0.2063 *** | 0.1716 *** | 0.1813 *** | 0.9427 | 0.8201 | 0.9039 |
(0.0582) | (0.0579) | (0.0582) | (0.6315) | (0.6306) | (0.6318) | |
constant | 0.8238 *** | 0.9715 *** | 0.8958 *** | 0.8822 *** | 0.9843 *** | 0.9309 *** |
(0.0083) | (0.0065) | (0.0072) | (0.0376) | (0.0372) | (0.0374) | |
Year dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0.0372 | 0.0438 | 0.0354 | 0.1255 | 0.1271 | 0.1248 | |
N | 128876 | 127928 | 128879 | 128876 | 127928 | 128879 |
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | |
fin1 | 0.0710 *** | - | - | 0.0910 *** | - | - |
(0.0037) | - | - | (0.0060) | - | - | |
fin2 | - | 0.2734 *** | - | - | 0.460 *** | - |
- | (0.0137) | - | - | (0.0256) | - | |
fin3 | - | - | 0.0319 *** | - | - | 0.0373 *** |
- | - | (0.0018) | - | - | (0.0032) | |
tfp | 0.0048 *** | 0.0012 *** | 0.0040 *** | 0.0062 *** | 0.0009 * | 0.0047 *** |
(0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0007) | (0.0005) | (0.0006) | |
size | −0.0068 *** | −0.0059 *** | −0.0064 *** | −0.0127 *** | −0.0105 *** | −0.0118 *** |
(0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0005) | (0.0004) | (0.0005) | |
age | 0.0034 *** | 0.0005 | 0.0037 *** | 0.0023 | −0.0018 | 0.0021 |
(0.0009) | (0.0010) | (0.0009) | (0.0017) | (0.0016) | (0.0017) | |
intensity | 0.0063 *** | 0.0037 *** | 0.0058 *** | 0.0114 *** | 0.0084 *** | 0.0103 *** |
(0.0003) | (0.0002) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | |
fdi | 0.0203 | 0.0199 | 0.0219 | 0.0183 | 0.0166 | 0.0202 |
(0.0200) | (0.0200) | (0.0200) | (0.0363) | (0.0362) | (0.0363) | |
hhi | 0.7861 * | 0.6912 | 0.7595 | 0.6959 | 0.4062 | 0.6091 |
(0.4617) | (0.4611) | (0.4619) | (1.0271) | (1.0263) | (1.0272) | |
constant | 0.887 *** | 0.965 *** | 0.922 *** | 0.967 *** | 1.078 *** | 1.019 *** |
(0.0276) | (0.0273) | (0.0274) | (0.0606) | (0.0603) | (0.0605) | |
Year dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0.1137 | 0.1149 | 0.1132 | 0.1426 | 0.1436 | 0.1415 | |
N | 116240 | 115357 | 116243 | 76254 | 76256 | 76256 |
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | |
fin1 | 0.0614 *** | - | - | 0.0450 *** | - | - |
(0.0115) | - | - | (0.0047) | - | - | |
fin2 | - | 0.930 *** | - | - | 0.3685 *** | - |
- | (0.0845) | - | - | (0.0178) | - | |
fin3 | - | - | 0.0240 *** | - | - | 0.0198 *** |
- | - | (0.0056) | - | - | (0.0024) | |
tfp | 0.0042 *** | 0.0004 | 0.0032 *** | 0.0060 *** | 0.0041 *** | 0.0056 *** |
(0.0009) | (0.0007) | (0.0008) | (0.0005) | (0.0005) | (0.0005) | |
size | −0.0086 *** | −0.0085 *** | −0.0082 *** | −0.0082 *** | −0.0090 *** | −0.0084 *** |
(0.0006) | (0.0006) | (0.0006) | (0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | |
age | 0.0051 *** | 0.0014 | 0.0050 *** | 0.0046 *** | 0.0036 *** | 0.0051 *** |
(0.0017) | (0.0017) | (0.0017) | (0.0012) | (0.0012) | (0.0012) | |
intensity | 0.0064 *** | 0.0044 *** | 0.0056 *** | 0.0009 ** | 0.0009 ** | −0.0005 |
(0.0007) | (0.0005) | (0.0007) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | |
fdi | 0.0658 | 0.0514 | 0.0679 | 0.0942 *** | 0.0880 *** | 0.0952 *** |
(0.0458) | (0.0464) | (0.0458) | (0.0261) | (0.0261) | (0.0261) | |
hhi | 1.5452 ** | 1.2580 * | 1.5347 ** | 0.9360 | 0.8249 | 0.9007 |
(0.7139) | (0.7371) | (0.7022) | (0.6314) | (0.6297) | (0.6314) | |
constant | 0.8826 *** | 0.9655 *** | 0.9170 *** | 0.9177 *** | 0.9736 *** | 0.9420 *** |
(0.0578) | (0.0621) | (0.0563) | (0.0376) | (0.0371) | (0.0374) | |
Kleibergn-Pa LM | 9780 (0.000) | 197.07 [0.000] | 9453 [0.000] | - | - | - |
Kleibergen-Paap Wald F | 16000 (0.000) | 31.823 [0.000] | 18000 [0.000] | - | - | - |
Yeardummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0.115 | 0.110 | 0.115 | 0.126 | 0.129 | 0.126 | |
N | 53736 | 52902 | 53738 | 128876 | 127928 | 128879 |
Variables | SOEs | POEs | FOEs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | |
fin1 | 0.0358 | - | - | 0.0897 *** | - | - | 0.0762 *** | - | - |
(0.0219) | - | - | (0.0054) | - | - | (0.0084) | - | - | |
fin2 | - | −0.1249 | - | - | 0.1795 *** | - | - | 0.5899 *** | - |
- | (0.1118) | - | - | (0.0175) | - | - | (0.0412) | - | |
fin3 | - | - | 0.0109 | 0.0367 *** | - | - | 0.0330 *** | ||
- | - | (0.0114) | (0.0026) | - | - | (0.0044) | |||
tfp | −0.0027 | −0.0042 ** | −0.0034 | 0.0041 *** | −0.0001 | 0.0029 *** | 0.0048 *** | 0.0003 | 0.0037 *** |
(0.0021) | (0.0019) | (0.0021) | (0.0005) | (0.0005) | (0.0005) | (0.0008) | (0.0007) | (0.0008) | |
size | −0.0038 ** | −0.0032 ** | −0.0034 ** | −0.0054 *** | −0.0050 *** | −0.0049 *** | −0.0099 *** | −0.0083 *** | −0.0092 *** |
(0.0015) | (0.0015) | (0.0015) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0006) | (0.0006) | (0.0006) | |
age | 0.0102 *** | 0.0101 *** | 0.0101 *** | 0.0071 *** | 0.0041 *** | 0.0072 *** | −0.0238 *** | −0.0266 *** | −0.0237 *** |
(0.0039) | (0.0039) | (0.0039) | (0.0013) | (0.0013) | (0.0013) | (0.0026) | (0.0026) | (0.0026) | |
intensity | 0.0048 *** | 0.0034 ** | 0.0041 ** | 0.0067 *** | 0.0035 *** | 0.0059 *** | 0.0073 *** | 0.0048 *** | 0.0066 *** |
(0.0017) | (0.0014) | (0.0017) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0006) | (0.0005) | (0.0006) | |
fdi | −0.1957 | −0.2140 | −0.1948 | −0.0907 *** | −0.0991 *** | −0.0861 *** | 0.0910 * | 0.0972 ** | 0.0924 * |
(0.1402) | (0.1403) | (0.1402) | (0.0315) | (0.0314) | (0.0315) | (0.0487) | (0.0487) | (0.0488) | |
hhi | 0.1911 | 0.1588 | 0.1836 | 0.6917 | 0.6144 | 0.6854 | 1.1914 | 1.0957 | 1.0557 |
(1.1647) | (1.1637) | (1.1650) | (0.7155) | (0.7119) | (0.7159) | (2.6734) | (2.6704) | (2.6740) | |
constant | 0.9878 *** | 1.0210 *** | 1.0097 *** | 0.8885 *** | 0.9866 *** | 0.9366 *** | 0.9798 *** | 1.0580 *** | 1.0254 *** |
(0.0718) | (0.0692) | (0.0699) | (0.0384) | (0.0379) | (0.0382) | (0.2208) | (0.2204) | (0.2207) | |
Year dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
R2 | 0.120 | 0.119 | 0.119 | 0.131 | 0.131 | 0.130 | 0.113 | 0.115 | 0.112 |
N | 3388 | 3377 | 3388 | 69290 | 68364 | 69292 | 56907 | 56885 | 56908 |
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Share | Share | Share | Exstream | Exstream | Exstream | |
fin1 | 0.1005 *** | - | - | 1.0095 *** | - | - |
(0.0129) | - | - | (0.0417) | - | - | |
fin2 | - | 1.0668 *** | - | - | 1.0486 *** | - |
- | (0.0483) | - | - | (0.1574) | - | |
fin3 | - | - | 0.0453 *** | - | - | 0.3766 *** |
- | - | (0.0064) | - | - | (0.0208) | |
tfp | 0.0290 *** | 0.0234 *** | 0.0279 *** | 0.0064 | 0.0560 *** | 0.0238 *** |
(0.0013) | (0.0011) | (0.0013) | (0.0042) | (0.0037) | (0.0040) | |
size | −0.0378 *** | −0.0376 *** | −0.0372 *** | −0.0200 *** | −0.0371 *** | −0.0283 *** |
(0.0009) | (0.0009) | (0.0010) | (0.0031) | (0.0030) | (0.0031) | |
age | 0.0111 *** | 0.0158 *** | 0.0108 *** | 0.0970 *** | 0.0612 *** | 0.0943 *** |
(0.0033) | (0.0033) | (0.0033) | (0.0108) | (0.0107) | (0.0108) | |
intensity | 0.0199 *** | 0.0224 *** | 0.0206 *** | 0.1268 *** | 0.0858 *** | 0.1136 *** |
(0.0010) | (0.0008) | (0.0009) | (0.0032) | (0.0027) | (0.0031) | |
fdi | 0.3734 *** | 0.3546 *** | 0.3755 *** | −0.6412 *** | −0.5992 *** | −0.6117 *** |
(0.0709) | (0.0709) | (0.0709) | (0.2298) | (0.2308) | (0.2299) | |
hhi | −0.8749 | −1.0262 | −0.9129 | −8.9578 | −10.2054 * | −9.4722 * |
(1.7138) | (1.7073) | (1.7138) | (5.5554) | (5.5609) | (5.5608) | |
constant | 0.8519 *** | 0.9758 *** | 0.9017 *** | 1.9461 *** | 3.0056 *** | 2.5383 *** |
(0.1019) | (0.1007) | (0.1014) | (0.3304) | (0.3281) | (0.3289) | |
Year dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0.2130 | 0.2172 | 0.2130 | 0.1778 | 0.1749 | 0.1762 | |
N | 128876 | 127928 | 128879 | 128876 | 127928 | 128879 |
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | dvar | |
fin1 | 0.0631 *** | 0.0928 *** | - | - | - | - |
(0.0037) | (0.0047) | - | - | - | - | |
fin2 | - | - | 0.1311 *** | 0.3851*** | - | - |
- | - | (0.0140) | (0.0178) | - | - | |
fin3 | - | - | - | - | 0.0266 *** | 0.0395*** |
- | - | - | - | (0.0019) | (0.0024) | |
share | 0.2309 *** | - | 0.2310 *** | - | 0.2310 *** | - |
(0.0008) | - | (0.0008) | - | (0.0008) | ||
exstream | 0.0065 *** | - | 0.0068 *** | - | 0.0067 *** | - |
(0.0002) | - | (0.0003) | - | (0.0002) | - | |
tfp | 0.0016 *** | 0.0050 *** | 0.0048 *** | 0.0003 | 0.0025 *** | 0.0038 *** |
(0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0004) | (0.0005) | |
size | 0.0007 ** | −0.0079 *** | 0.0018 *** | −0.0067 *** | 0.0011 *** | −0.0073 *** |
(0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0002) | (0.0003) | |
age | 0.0067 *** | 0.0047 *** | 0.0042 *** | 0.0009 | 0.0067 *** | 0.0049 *** |
(0.0009) | (0.0012) | (0.0010) | (0.0012) | (0.0010) | (0.0012) | |
intensity | 0.0121 *** | 0.0084 *** | 0.0096 *** | 0.0050 *** | 0.0115 *** | 0.0075 *** |
(0.0003) | (0.0004) | (0.0002) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | (0.0003) | |
fdi | 0.0128 | 0.0949 *** | 0.0147 | 0.0926 *** | 0.0144 | 0.0971 *** |
(0.0204) | (0.0261) | (0.0205) | (0.0262) | (0.0204) | (0.0261) | |
hhi | 1.2027 ** | 0.9427 | 1.1260 ** | 0.8201 | 1.1771 ** | 0.9039 |
(0.4938) | (0.6315) | (0.4936) | (0.6306) | (0.4940) | (0.6318) | |
constant | 0.6730 *** | 0.8822 *** | 0.7386 *** | 0.9843 *** | 0.7059 *** | 0.9309 *** |
(0.0294) | (0.0376) | (0.0291) | (0.0372) | (0.0292) | (0.0374) | |
Year dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ind dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pro dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
R2 | 0.4653 | 0.1255 | 0.4651 | 0.1271 | 0.4650 | 0.1248 |
N | 128876 | 128876 | 127928 | 127928 | 128879 | 128879 |
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Chen, L.; Luo, S.; Zhao, T. Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4527. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174527
Chen L, Luo S, Zhao T. Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms. Sustainability. 2019; 11(17):4527. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174527
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Lin, Sumei Luo, and Tian Zhao. 2019. "Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms" Sustainability 11, no. 17: 4527. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174527
APA StyleChen, L., Luo, S., & Zhao, T. (2019). Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms. Sustainability, 11(17), 4527. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174527