Abstract This study examines the impact of environmental officials’ cross-location exchanges on corporate environmental performance, using empirical evidence from A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2011 to 2021. The results show that the cross-location exchanges of environmental officials enhance the environmental performance of firms in the region where they work, and this enhancement increases over time. The analysis of the influence mechanism reveals that the mechanism of the cross-location exchanges of environmental officials to improve corporate environmental performance lies in the long-term way of corporate green innovation, but not in the short-term way of corporate environmental investment. Moreover, the mechanism of corporate green innovation shows that corporate green invention innovations are significantly improved, while other corporate green innovations are not. The analysis of internal and external environments shows that when the financial system is better, the market is more competitive, and internal controls are better, the cross-location exchanges of environmental officials are more likely to enhance corporate environmental performance.
YU Lianchao,MO Bin,JI Peinan. Research on the Influence of Environmental Officials’ Cross-Location Exchanges on Corporate Environmental Performance[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2025, 22(3): 536-.
