Research Article

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

Table 5

Green credit policy effects on the profit of different banks.

Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)
Large national banksCity and rural banksHigher NPLRLower NPLR

TREAT∗POST0.1590.1700.1510.163
(1.97)(1.91)(1.74)(2.03)
SIZE1.1141.1321.0991.125
(6.76)(6.55)(6.52)(6.95)
NPLR−0.233−0.222−0.229−0.226
(−6.36)(−5.91)(−6.14)(−6.18)
CIR−1.868−1.949−1.838−2.018
(−3.73)(−3.86)(−3.58)(−4.12)
CAR0.01150.01410.01070.0143
(0.66)(0.78)(0.60)(0.82)
LDR0.4160.1880.4030.203
(1.63)(0.74)(1.63)(0.79)
NIIR0.1000.1310.08000.148
(0.67)(0.87)(0.52)(1.00)
GRGDP−0.00938−0.00640−0.00992−0.0107
(−0.30)(−0.19)(−0.31)(−0.34)
MP−14.75−15.02−14.60−14.93
(−7.62)(−7.26)(−7.37)(−7.67)
CONSTANT−3.306−4.031−3.209−3.420
(−0.72)(−0.81)(−0.68)(−0.73)
Time fixed effectYESYESYESYES
Observation416392408408
Adj R20.5420.5750.5350.585

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.