... et al., 2024; Ren et al., 2024), there remains a lack of systematic empirical analysis on the specific impact of pilot implementations in different regions on the cost of equity for high-carbon firms, particularly when accounting for varying levels of regional economic development...

...Min Huang; Hai Jiang; Zhiyuan Ning; Jun Tu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of institutional investors in the cost of equity for Chinese firms, especially state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Design/methodology/approach By using data from Chinese firms with a unique...