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Corporate social (ir)responsibility and firm risk: The role of corporate governance
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract We study how corporate governance moderates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), and firm risk. We find that CSR reduces risk for firms with strong governance. In contrast, CSI increases firm risk more significantly for firms with stronger governance, suggesting that backlash ...
Craig Dunbar +2 more
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Economic policy uncertainty and international corporate leasing
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the corporate lease decision using an international sample of 19 countries. The use of operating leases increases when EPU is heightened. The documented leasing increase is more pronounced for financially constrained firms, firms facing greater operating volatility, or those that ...
Goutham Abotula +2 more
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Capacity Planning (Capital, Staff and Costs) of Inpatient Maternity Services: Pitfalls for the Unwary. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthJones RP.
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
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Revisiting big data optimism: risks of data-driven black box algorithms for society. [PDF]
Ethics Inf TechnolMahajan S, Helbing D.
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Climate Change, Demand Uncertainty, and Firms' Investments: Evidence from Planned Power Plants
The Journal of Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How does demand uncertainty affect firms' investment decisions? We examine this question in the context of electricity‐producing firms' planned investments in new power plants. We measure uncertainty about future electricity demand using plausibly exogenous variation in temperature projections across scientific climate models. The results show
CHEN LIN +2 more
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Violence Against Politicians Drives Support for Political Violence Among (Some) Voters: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. [PDF]
Public Opin QNai A, van Erkel PFA, Bos L.
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg +3 more
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