The Impact of Government Public Data Opening on Enterprises' ESG Performance
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> social: the environmental effect strengthens over time, the governance effect is a short-term dividend, and the social dimension shows no
stable long-run effect. The effect operates through green innovation, eased financing constraints and improved information transparency, and
is stronger in state-owned enterprises and capital- and technology-intensive industries, indicating absorptive-capacity dependence.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/memf.v3i11.10257
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