ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effect of Environmental Information Disclosure
on the Development Capability of China’s
Tourism-Listed Enterprises
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International United Faculty between Ningbo University and University of Angers/School of Geography
and Tourism Culture, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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East China Sea Institute/Collaborative Innovation Center of Port Economy, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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School of Economics and Management/Ecological Civilization Institute of Zhejiang Province,
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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School of Urban and Regional Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Submission date: 2021-10-29
Final revision date: 2022-01-03
Acceptance date: 2022-01-11
Online publication date: 2022-04-25
Publication date: 2022-06-20
Corresponding author
Yi Li
Ningbo university, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(4):3063-3082
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ABSTRACT
The environmental information disclosure of tourism-listed enterprises is a channel for stakeholders
to understand corporate information. It serves as the driving force for improving corporate ecological
innovation capabilities and a guarantee for strengthening the development capabilities of tourism
enterprises. Based on the 38 tourism-listed enterprises in China, this paper uses a two-way fixed effect
model to empirically examine the effects of environmental information disclosure levels on enterprises'
development capabilities. The results show that environmental information disclosure has a significant
negative correlation to enterprise development capabilities. This effect between them has a time lag
and will decrease yearly. The degree of the effect differs because of firm size, region, and nature of
equity. The government should formulate scientific and proper environmental information disclosure
systems according to the characteristics of different industries and encourage non-environmentally
sensitive firms to disclose environmental information to reduce the negative effects. Tourism enterprises
should develop green supply chains, strengthen their ecological innovation capabilities, and reduce the
increased costs due to environmental protection inputs.