讲座题目：How does biodiversity regulation affect corporate technological progress? Path analysis based on substantive and strategic green innovation
内容摘要：Biodiversity loss has emerged as an important environmental risk with growing implications for corporate strategy and technological development. This paper examines whether biodiversity regulation improves firm-level technological progress. We exploit China’s Green Shield Action, a nationwide campaign launched in 2017 to strengthen ecological protection in national nature reserves, as a quasi-natural experiment. Using a difference-in-differences model with panel data on Chinese A-share listed firms from 2010 to 2023, we find that biodiversity regulation increases firms’ total factor productivity, with effects emerging after a policy lag. Mechanism analysis shows that green innovation is an important channel linking biodiversity regulation to technological progress. However, the innovation response differs across firms: while the overall effect operates mainly through substantive green innovation, firms already engaged in patenting exhibit stronger strategic green innovation responses. These findings provide new evidence on how biodiversity regulation shapes corporate innovation and productivity.
主讲人简介：Professor Anna Min Du，杜敏教授，英国剑桥大学climaTRACES会士，中国北京大学城市软实力研究院专家，英国爱丁堡龙比亚大学商学院金融学终身教授，美国阿克伦大学和法国EDC巴黎商学院客座教授。杜敏教授兼任国际期刊International Journal of Finance and Economics (ABS 3), European Journal of Finance (ABS 3), Energy Economics (ABS3, ABDC A*)副主编，Research in International Business and Finance (ABS2, ABDC A Q1)联合主编，Corporate Governance: An International Review (ABS 3), Financial Innovation(中科院1区), EIA Review (中科院1区）编委，并为50余Q1及ABS 3及以上级期刊担任同行评审专家。杜敏教授2014年毕业于英国诺丁汉大学，已在SSCI Q1杂志发表论文90余篇，包括3篇ABS 4。杜敏教授已指导博士毕业8名，目前指导8名在读博士研究生和8名硕士研究生论文。杜敏教授同时是英国高等教育学会会士并有十余年英国大学高等教育的工作经验。
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