Research Article

Does Digital Finance Induce Improved Financing for Green Technological Innovation in China?

Table 6

The mediation effect test.

Financing costsFinancial flexibility
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
GreeninnoFCGreeninnoGreeninnoFFGreeninno

L.Dfina0.3555−0.00410.31540.35550.05360.3336
(2.425)(−3.602)(2.146)(2.425)(2.206)(2.269)
FC-9.8262
(-4.401)
FF0.4069
(4.244)
Control variablesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Time effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
Industry effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
_Cons−2.99550.0109−2.8881−2.99550.5245−3.2082
(−8.753)(5.355)(−8.481)(−8.753)(9.808)(−9.214)
N496049604960496049564956
r2_a0.11890.53600.12200.11890.57770.1217

t statistics in parentheses;  < 0.1,  < 0.05, and  < 0.01.