Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2021, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6): 152-164.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2021.06.015

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“To Be” or “Not To Be”:On the Impact of Rising House Prices on the Formation of Zombie Enterprises

Xian-zhu WANG, Bei QIAO   

  • Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-11-25

Abstract:

The impact of rising housing prices on enterprise production and operation is a hot issue in academic circles. Based on the micro data of Chinese industrial enterprises and the macro-economic data of 70 large and medium-sized cities from 2004 to 2013, this paper deeply discusses the impact of housing price rise on zombie enterprises and its mechanism. The results show that: under the external impact of rising housing prices, the financing constraints of enterprises have changed significantly, and then have a significant inhibitory effect on the formation of zombie enterprises. From the perspective of the difference in enterprise nature, the rise of housing price has an obvious heterogeneity on the formation of different debt degrees. It also influences whether a zombie enterprise is housing-related. In effect, the rise of housing prices can more significantly reduce the probability of zombie of housing-related enterprises and enterprises with low debt ratio. Further, rising housing prices will stimulate zombie enterprises to “revive”, which is mainly realized by alleviating the financing constraints of zombie enterprises. This paper provides a possible explanation for the formation of zombie enterprises and their “revival” in the background of rising housing prices. However, in the long term, an enterprise still needs to enhance its own competitiveness to obtain the ability of sustainable development.

Key words: housing price rise, zombie enterprises, enterprise asset value, financing constraints, inventory investment