Effect of Female Directors on Executive Pay Reduction Due to Ecologically Polluting Behavior: Evidence from Pollution-intensive Enterprises
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DOI: 10.25236/ssce.2022.032
Author(s)
Changzheng Zhang, Xiyuan Liu
Corresponding Author
Changzheng Zhang
Abstract
Based on the critical quality theory, this paper discusses the impact of female directors on executive pay reduction punishment due to environmental pollution. Taking 25079 data of A-share non-financial listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in China from 2010 to 2020 as samples, based on the OLS multiple regression model, the empirical findings show that executives in pollution-intensive enterprises would be punished by a certain amount of pay reduction due to polluting the ecological environment, and female directors who reach a mass level would weaken such a punishment in executive pay by reducing polluting behavior and enhancing environment protection expenditures. The reliability of the conclusion is verified by robustness test and independent sample t-test. The conclusion of this paper highlights the enrichment of green finance literature, expands the research horizon of female directors, also provides a certain reference significance for enterprises to protect the environment and undertake social responsibility.
Keywords
Female directors, Executive pay reduction, Ecologically polluting behavior, Pollution-intensive enterprises