Associate Professor Kung-Cheng Ho and Associate Professor Xiang Hu, researchers of the Base, has published a collaborative paper titled " Influence of green innovation on disclosure quality: Mediating role of media attention " in Technological Forecasting & Social Change.

Abstract:

The importance of green innovation has been underlined by the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). This study examines the data from Chinese listed companies for the years from 2003 to 2019 to investigate the effect of corporate green innovation behavior on information disclosure decisions, thereby clarifying how the outcomes of green innovation influence internal corporate decision-making. The results indicate that green innovation motivates companies to disclose high-quality information. In addition, after considering potential endogenous interferences and performing several robustness tests, this study obtains consistent results. It also reveals that media attention is a crucial mechanism that enables green innovation to enhance the quality of information disclosure. The effect of green innovation on disclosure quality also exhibits industry heterogeneity. Therefore, the guiding of media attention and policies on the basis of industry charac[1]teristics is also a key component in the development of green innovation.

Keywords: Green innovation, Disclosure quality, Media attention

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122314

Teacher profile

Kung-Cheng Ho, Doctor of Taiwan Yuanzhi University, master supervisor of Finance, master supervisor of financial Engineering. His research interest covers Corporate finance, credit risk management, corporate social responsibility, information asymmetry risk and cross-disciplinary research. His research interest is in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Emerging Markets Review, Energy Economics, International Review of Economics & Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Forecasting, Pacific-Baisn Finance Journal,  Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting and other international SSCI journals published more than 40 articles, including 1 ABS 4-star journals, 12 three-star journals and 17 SSCI first-region journals. In addition, he has preached papers in dozens of important academic conferences at home and abroad. Including China Annual Finance Conference, China Annual Financial Engineering Conference, China Annual Management Conference, CICF, American Accounting Association, Asian Finance Association, European Finance Association, Europe Financial Management Association, Financial Management Association, Taiwan Management Institute, Western Economic Association International, etc. In addition, he has reviewed manuscripts for more than 20 journals at home and abroad, including Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Economic Modelling, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Financial Innovation, Investment Analysts Journal, International Journal of Emerging Markets, International Review of Economics and Finance, Managerial and Decision Economics, etc.