Research Article

The Green Credit Policy Impact on the Financial Performance of Commercial Banks: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from China

Table 3

Effect of the green credit policy on banks’ profits.

Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)
PROFITPROFITPROFITPROFIT

TREAT∗POST0.5720.1500.05850.150
(8.00)(2.25)(0.96)(2.43)
SIZE0.7411.078
(9.66)(7.64)
NPLR−0.285−0.226
(−8.23)(−6.56)
CAR−2.409−1.950
(−5.24)(−4.35)
CIR0.008690.0126
(0.54)(0.80)
LDR0.4830.388
(2.22)(1.78)
NIIR0.1060.0886
(0.72)(0.64)
GRGDP−0.0849−0.0122
(−6.55)(−0.45)
MP−11.02−14.31
(−9.30)(−8.38)
CONSTANT4.0553.7897.841−2.778
(163.55)(84.06)(4.20)(−0.68)
Time fixed effectNOYESNOYES
Observation496496496496
Adj R20.0040.4430.5290.591

Notes: , , and indicate that the estimated coefficients are significant at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. The numbers in parentheses are t statistics. The results are based on STATA 16.0 estimation.