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Reaction mechanism of investors of new energy vehicle enterprises to China’s program of retrogressive subsidies in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: Based on the event study method

  • International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, China

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    Zhi Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his Ph.D. degree from USTC under the supervision of Prof. Jiuchang Wei in 2021. His research mainly focuses on organizational reputation management, corporate crisis management, and corporate strategic behavior management

    Yundong Xie is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China under the supervision of Prof. Qiang Wu in 2021. His research mainly focuses on management, scientometric, and innovation

  • Corresponding author: E-mail: ydxie@ustc.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 03 March 2022
  • Accepted Date: 16 June 2022
    • Available Online: 25 September 2023
    Abstract

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    In recent years, the subsidy policy of new energy vehicles (NEVs) has promoted the vigorous development of China’s NEV industry. In the past, scholars tended to focus on consumers’ reactions to subsidy policies for NEVs, while attention to the reaction of investors is relatively scarce, especially in the context of major public emergencies. Based on the event study method, this study empirically tested the reaction mode of investors of NEV enterprises to China’s program of retrogressive subsidies (PRS) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and discussed the differences in investors’ reactions under different enterprise attributes (i.e., whether listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, whether located in a first-tier city, whether belonging to state-owned enterprises, and whether belonging to the upstream NEV industry). Our research results provide a reference for the strategic management practices of NEV enterprises and their investors.

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    The reaction of investors in new energy vehicle enterprises to China’s program of retrogressive subsidies in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

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    In recent years, the subsidy policy of new energy vehicles (NEVs) has promoted the vigorous development of China’s NEV industry. In the past, scholars tended to focus on consumers’ reactions to subsidy policies for NEVs, while attention to the reaction of investors is relatively scarce, especially in the context of major public emergencies. Based on the event study method, this study empirically tested the reaction mode of investors of NEV enterprises to China’s program of retrogressive subsidies (PRS) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and discussed the differences in investors’ reactions under different enterprise attributes (i.e., whether listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, whether located in a first-tier city, whether belonging to state-owned enterprises, and whether belonging to the upstream NEV industry). Our research results provide a reference for the strategic management practices of NEV enterprises and their investors.

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    • The investors of NEV enterprises have a negative reaction to the China’s program of retrogressive subsidies.
    • The negative reaction of investors of NEV enterprises listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (vs. the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) or located in first-tier cities (vs. nonfirst-tier cities) is weaker.
    • The negative reaction of investors of NEV enterprises that are nonstate-owned (vs. state-owned) or located in the upstream (vs. midstream and downstream) is stronger.

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    Figure  1.  NEV enterprise investors’ reaction to the PRS.

    [1]
    Dong L, Miao G, Wen W. China’s carbon neutrality policy: Objectives, impacts and paths. East Asian Policy, 2021, 13 (1): 5–18. doi: 10.1142/s1793930521000015
    [2]
    Mallapaty S. How China could be carbon neutral by mid-century. Nature, 2020, 586 (7830): 482–484. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02927-9
    [3]
    Xu J, Wei J, Lu L. Strategic stakeholder management, environmental corporate social responsibility engagement, and financial performance of stigmatized firms derived from Chinese special environmental policy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 2019, 28 (6): 1027–1044. doi: 10.1002/bse.2299
    [4]
    Liu C, Liu Y, Zhang D, et al. The capital market responses to new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidies: An event study on China. Energy Economics, 2022, 105: 105677. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105677
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    Zhang L, Wang L, Chai J. Influence of new energy vehicle subsidy policy on emission reduction of atmospheric pollutants: A case study of Beijing, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 275: 124069. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124069
    [6]
    Jiang C, Zhang Y, Zhao Q, et al. The impact of purchase subsidy on enterprises’ R&D efforts: Evidence from China’s new energy vehicle industry. Sustainability, 2020, 12 (3): 1105. doi: 10.3390/su12031105
    [7]
    Li W, Long R, Chen H. Consumers’ evaluation of national new energy vehicle policy in China: An analysis based on a four paradigm model. Energy Policy, 2016, 99: 33–41. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.050
    [8]
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    Li Z, Wei J, Marinova D V, et al. Benefits or costs? The effects of diversification with cross-industry knowledge on corporate value under crisis situation. Journal of Knowledge Management, 2021, 25 (1): 175–226. doi: 10.1108/jkm-11-2019-0659
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    Wei J, Ouyang Z, Chen H. Well known or well liked? The effects of corporate reputation on firm value at the onset of a corporate crisis. Strategic Management Journal, 2017, 38 (10): 2103–2120. doi: 10.1002/smj.2639
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    Xu J, Wei J, Chen H. Pollution stigma and manufacturing firms’ disengagement effort: Interactive effects of pressures from external stakeholders. Organization & Environment, 2021, 34 (2): 243–266. doi: 10.1177/1086026619893960
    [43]
    Lo C K, Tang C S, Zhou Y, et al. Environmental incidents and the market value of firms: An empirical investigation in the Chinese context. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2018, 20 (3): 422–439. doi: 10.1287/msom.2017.0680
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