Conventional finance has many deficiencies in promoting green technology innovation (GTI)
and energy-environmental performance (EEP). The emerging digital finance is filling the …

Information problems and lack of collateral value should make R&D more susceptible to
financing frictions than other investments, yet existing evidence on whether financing …

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for
innovation based on the concept of an ideal test (Hall, 2008). Firms were offered a …

We investigate the extent to which financing constraints affect the innovation activities of
over 120,000 mainly unlisted Chinese firms over the period 2000–2007. Based on a variety …

This paper investigates the effects of stock pledge by controlling shareholder on corporate's
future innovation productivity and the mechanism through which stock pledge affects …

This paper tests the static tradeoff theory against the pecking order theory. We focus on an
important difference in prediction: the static tradeoff theory argues that a firm increases …

This study examines the extent to which financing constraints affect the research and
development (R&D) expenditure of Indian manufacturing firms during the period 1991 …

We examine the intersection between corporate divestitures of tangible assets and
investment in intangible capital (R&D) to provide new tests for the impact financing …

We study employment and new hires among high-growth firms (HGFs) in the Swedish
knowledge-intensive sectors 1999–2002. Using matched employer–employee data, we find …

We combine agency theory with the law and finance approach to analyze how the legal
protection of investors and the corporate ownership structure affect corporate investment in …