Blockchain technology and environmental efficiency: Evidence from US‐listed firms
研究了2015-2019年美国上市公司采用区块链技术对环境效率的影响，发现区块链能显著提升环境效率，尤其在金融和科技行业更明显，为企业和政策制定者提供了采纳创新技术的依据。
Abstract This study examines the relationship between the adoption of blockchain technology and environmental efficiency by using a sample of US firms over the 2015–2019 period. Our results indicate that the adoption of blockchain technology is positively and significantly associated with environmental efficiency, suggesting that blockchain improves environmental sustainability. In further analyses, we determine that the relationship between blockchain and environmental efficiency is more pronounced for firms in financial and technological industries than for those in other industries. Our findings are also robust to other methods that control for endogeneity, including difference in difference regressions and propensity score matching. Overall, we provide empirical evidence to incentivize business leaders and policymakers to adopt innovative technologies, such as blockchain.