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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Child Disability on Parental Outcomes: Evidence From Sweden. [PDF]

Health Econ
Asuman D, Gerdtham UG, Alriksson-Schmidt AI, Nordin M, Jarl J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Turning Carbon Into Cash? Cross‐Country Evidence on the Profitability of Emission Reductions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does corporate CO2 abatement pay? We assembled an international panel of listed firms (2019–2023), linking Scope 1–2 emissions to institutional (G7, CCPI) and search‐based attention measures. The dataset consists of an unbalanced panel of 1724 multinational firms, together with a sub‐sample of 922 firms operating in G7 economies. Firm and time
Mauro Aliano, Daniela Lo Cascio, Saudi‐Yulieth Enciso‐Alfaro, Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Return-on-investment of a mental health intervention for war-affected youth in Sierra Leone. [PDF]

Glob Ment Health (Camb)
Bowser D, Ruscitti B, Noon K, Placencio-Castro M, Freeman J, Betancourt TS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors as Tools for Improving Market Efficiency: A Study on Equity Misvaluation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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, Siyu Shen, Jun Xie, Hidemichi Fujii, Alexander Ryota Keeley, Shunsuke Managi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contraception to women's economic empowerment: A narrative review. [PDF]

World Dev
Finlay JE, Gulaid M, Mibenge C, Madise N, Dodoo ND, Stover J, Weinberger M, O'Brien M, Zimmermann M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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, Eric Owusu Boahen, Cuong Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A heuristic model for the cost of capital of healthcare facilities: estimates for five countries. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Zuniga-Jara S, Ruiz-Campo S, Soria-Barreto K.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Self-Selection and Childcare Leave Length for Child Penalty. [PDF]

Eur J Popul
Österbacka E, Räsänen T.
europepmc   +1 more source