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ArticleFinance research letters2022

Environmental performance and firm financing during COVID-19 outbreaks: Evidence from SMEs.

Nirosha Hewa Wellalage, Vijay Kumar, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

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Nirosha Hewa WellalageSchool of Accounting, Finance and Economics, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Vijay KumarSchool of Accounting, Finance and Economics, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Ahmed Imran HunjraDepartment of Business Administration, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.
Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-FaryanDepartment of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, UK.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in substantial constraints for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) worldwide. The techniques in which SMEs handle recent crises and the degree to which environmental performance is advantageous when the marketplace experiences an adverse shock is fairly untouched in the literature. To assess this probability, we examine, using data from 6,597 SMEs in 13 developing countries, the effect of firm environmental efficiency on firm financing during the COVID-19 outbreak. We consider three aspects of external financing - bank, non-bank and trade credit - and suggest that it pays for firms to show devotion to environmental obligations in a global pandemic. Our research implies that the trust between a firm and its stakeholders, if it is based on environmental performance, pays off during periods of shock and adversity.

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COVID-19Environmental performanceEnvironmental regulationsFirm financingSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs)

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PMID34840534
PMCPMC8608384

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