Distance and government resource allocation: from the perspective of environmental information disclosure policy change |
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Authors: | Sheng Yao Shiyi Li |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, P.R. China;2. School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | This article investigates the relationship between environmental information and government resources and focuses on the moderate effect of distance. The results show that (1) the promulgation and implementation of the Measures for the Disclosure of Environmental Information (MDEI) can improve the level and quality of environmental information and then increase resource allocation and (2), after the MDEI are issued, distance has a significant negative moderate effect on the positive impact of MDEI, and the negative moderate effect of distance is more significant in low GDP and marketization regions, high-polluting industries and firms audited by the non-Big 4 accounting firms. |
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Keywords: | Distance government resource allocation environmental information disclosure equity issuance subsidy |
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