Variable name

Variable symbol

Variable definitions

Fund grouping

Green

Fund classification, if the green fund is assigned to 1, otherwise assigned to 0

Fund environmental performance

EP1

According to the enterprise industry attributes calculated fund environmental performance

EP2

According to the enterprise sewage charges calculated fund environmental performance

EP3

According to the enterprise environmental investment calculation of the fund environmental performance

Fund financial performance

Yg

Green Fund Group Monthly average market excess returns

Yq

Non-green fund group average monthly excess returns

Fund size

Formsize

Fund formation size

Fund age

age

The age of fund at the end of 2016

Fund invest type

Investtype

Fund investment type classification, 0 for the value type, 1 for the balance, 2 for the growth

Risk-free rate

Rf

“Three-month central bank bills” coupon rate

Market factors

MKT

CSI 300 Index monthly rate of return and the average monthly risk-free rate of difference

Scale factor

SMB

The difference between the monthly rate of return of small-scale companies and large-scale companies

Value factor

HML

High book market value than the stock and low book value than the stock monthly rate of return difference

Momentum factor

UMD

Monthly momentum effect

Enterprise environmental performance

indu

Enterprise industry attributes, heavily polluting industries 1, non-polluting industries 0

sewage

Log (enterprise sewage +1)

epi

Log (enterprise environmental protection investment +1)