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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility and Managerial Entrenchment [PDF]

open access: yes
When stakeholder protection is left to the voluntary initiative of managers, relations with social activists may become an effective entrenchment strategy for inefficient CEOs.
Giacinta Cestone, Giovanni Cespa
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Reporting ESG Initiatives and Gender Diversity in Germany: Implications for Stock Liquidity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopting multiple theoretical perspectives, this study separately and jointly examines the impacts of reporting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and gender diversity in boardrooms on corporate stock liquidity. Using a sample of non‐financial firms listed on the Frankfurt CDAX from 2010 to 2023, the study investigates ...
Ahmed Hassanein, Nader Elsayed
wiley   +1 more source

Too many bits: tackling the waste epidemic in digital medicine. [PDF]

open access: yesNPJ Digit Med
Wall C   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

Stages of a Director\u2019s Tenure: Implications for Monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Elms, Natalie   +2 more
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Board composition, process, and activism: evidence within American firms [PDF]

open access: yes
This study provided an empirical test of the effects of compositional and process variables on board activism. The attributes examined were functional area knowledge, independence, duality, and effort norms.
Christopher SHOOK   +2 more
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