文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The Impact of ESG on Excessive Corporate Debt

作者：Yang, Xinhua[1];Yang, Tingting[1];Lv, Jingjing[1];Luo, Shuai[1]

机构：[1]Guangdong Ocean Univ, Sch Econ, Zhanjiang 524088, Peoples R China

年份：2024

卷号：16

期号：16

外文期刊名：SUSTAINABILITY

收录：SSCI(收录号：WOS:001304657200001)、SCI-EXPANDED(收录号：WOS:001304657200001)、、Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85202618921)、WOS

基金：This research was supported by "The Impact of Industrial Robot Application on Employment in the Manufacturing Industry: Scale Effects and Polarization Effects" from the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project (Project Number: 23YJC790095).

语种：英文

外文关键词：ESG; excessive debt; sustainability; mechanism test; financial risk

外文摘要：ESG standards are increasingly becoming indispensable factors in corporate decision-making, with profound implications for the long-term sustainability of businesses. This study utilizes longitudinal data from 2010 to 2021 to investigate the influence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on excessive debt among publicly traded manufacturing companies in China. Employing panel regression alongside analysis of threshold, intermediary, and interaction effects, we meticulously dissect the mechanisms and influencing factors involved. Our findings reveal a significant adverse effect of ESG performance on excessive debt, characterized by heterogeneity across geographic locations, revenue growth rates, and ownership concentrations. Notably, company size and age exhibit a dual-threshold effect on excessive debt. Moreover, ESG performance demonstrates an intermediary effect, which is mitigated by proxy cost-to-asset turnover and debt financing cost COD2. Institutional attention and equity capital cost synergistically amplify the suppressive impact of ESG performance on excessive debt. Based on the research findings above, companies should carefully consider and adjust their ESG performance to reduce excessive debt risks, thereby enhancing their sustainable competitiveness.