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. 2022 Sep 6;30(4):10079–10098. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22820-4

Table 2.

Influencing factors of financing efficiency

Level indicators The secondary indicators Level 3 indicators Code name Symbol
Financing supply factor Capital channel Creditor’s rights financing T1 Nci
Credit financing T2 Stb
Equity financing T3 Tote
The internal financing Undistributed profit T4 Unpro
Financing allocation factor The capital structure Fixed asset ratio T5 Fat
The cost of financing Cash to maturity ratio T6 Ocdd
Capital utilization efficiency Return on invested capital T7 Roc
Corporate liquidity Cash sales ratio T8 Cats
Capital allocation Proportion of net cash flows from investing activities T9 Ncfn
Financing constraints Financing constraint composite index T10 Dbt
Factors of financing performance Management ability Growth rate of total assets T11 Tgrt
Growth ability Main business growth rate T12 Opgrt
Technology innovation Intangible asset ratio T13 Inta
Social environmental factors Doing business The foreign investment T14 Fcu
Macroeconomic risk Consumer price index T15 Cpi
Level of social development Provincial development and livelihood indicators T16 Sii
Financial environment factor The financial environment Financial demand environment T17 Ssf
Financial market environment T18 Yeb
Financial innovation Level of financial development T19 Rcfr
Policy environment factor The government’s support Fiscal subsidy T20 Govs