Figures & data
Figure 1. Distribution of green patent applications in China.
The annual average of green patent applications by A-share listed companies in Shenzhen and Shanghai from 2009 to 2020 are statistically analyzed. Tibet is not included due to the data availability.
Figure 2. Framework of multi-dimensional competition of local government, performance pressures, and green innovation of enterprises.
Table 1. Descriptive statistics.
Table 2. Local government competition and green innovation.
Table 3. The influencing mechanism of performance pressures.
Table 4. Regional heterogeneity tests.
Table A1. Robustness test results (moving average).
Table A2. Robustness test results (changing time series).
Table A3. Robustness test results (considering endogeneity issues).
Table A4. Multi-segment time test.