Can digital finance boost SME innovation by easing financing constraints?: Evidence from Chinese GEM-listed companies

Can digital finance boost SME innovation by easing financing constraints?: Evidence from Chinese GEM-listed companies This paper summarizes the transmission chain of "digital finance-financing constraint-firm innovation" at the theoretical and practical levels, incorporates digital finance into the empirical analysis framework of firm innovation, selects the data of Chinese GEM(Growth Enterprise Market)-listed companies from 2011 to 2020, and matches the data of the digital inclusive finance in...