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ABSTRACT This study investigated whether superior environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices enhance corporate value and market efficiency under various economic theories. Using a multi‐country panel of 31 economies from 2015 to 2022, we find that both ESG performance and disclosure improve intrinsic value and mitigate equity misvaluation ...
Xinyu Wang +5 more
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Do Investors Value Insider Trading Laws? International Evidence [PDF]
The article presents a simple agency model of the relationship between corporate valuation and insider trading laws. The article then investigates the model’s three testable hypotheses using firm-level data from a cross-section of developed countries.
Beny, Laura Nyantung
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Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms
ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen +2 more
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The dark side of mandatory CSR disclosure: Evidence from expropriation in China
We examine how mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure impacts the expropriation of minority shareholders. On the one hand, controlling shareholders may increase expropriation to shift the costs caused by increased CSR investment ...
Kaijuan Gao, Xiuran Qiao, Shangkun Liang
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Mass Privatisation, Corporate Governance and Endogenous Ownership Structure [PDF]
We compare the change in ownership concentration in firms privatized through two different programs of mass privatization: the Czech voucher scheme and the Polish program of National Investment Funds.
Grosfeld, Irena, Hashi, Iraj
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Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann +2 more
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Governance and bank valuation [PDF]
Which public policies and ownership structures enhance the governance of banks? The authors construct a new database on the ownership of banks internationally and then assess the ramifications of ownership, shareholder protection laws, and supervisory ...
Caprio, Gerard +2 more
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Shareholder voting in Germany [PDF]
Shareholder voting is back on the agenda of public debate for several reasons. One is the investors’ internationalization of capital investments and the raising of funds globally by companies.
Baums, Theodor, Schmitz, Rainer
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ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu +3 more
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Tender offers versus block trades: empirical evidence [PDF]
In this paper we test whether the determinant of a block trade and tender offer probabilities differ and whether the relative magnitude of the security and private benefits can explain the choice of transfer mode.
Holmén, M., Nivorozhkin, E.
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