The role of ESG rating divergence and independent directors in predicting future stock price crash risk [PDF]
This study investigates the impact of ESG rating disagreements on stock performance in the Chinese A-share market, focusing on immediate and short-term market reactions and the risk of future stock price crashes. Using data from the Shanghai and Shenzhen
Han Sun +3 more
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The information environment and ecological environment perspectives: Capital market openness and firm ESG rating divergence [PDF]
Amid increasing demands for green economic growth, firms must adapt their business models and development strategies. However, most of the studies on this topic focus on examining the economic consequences of differences in firms’ environmental, social ...
Zhennan Sun, Qunyang Du, Anna Min Du
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ESG Information Conflict and Corporate Resilience: The Evidence of ESG Rating Divergence
We explore the role of ESG rating divergence (ESGRD) in the sustainable development of firms from the perspective of organizational resilience. Using Chinese ESG ratings and listed firm data, we examine the impact of ESGRD on firm resilience and find ...
Xin Liu
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ESG rating divergence and financing constraints: Evidence from China
In the context of the escalating global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks, ESG performance has increasingly become a crucial reference for companies when formulating business strategies. This paper, drawing on the information asymmetry and signaling theories, delves into the impact of divergences in ESG ratings among various ...
Minglin Wang, Si Tan
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Research on the impact of the ESG rating divergence of manufacturing firms on carbon emission intensity [PDF]
Jialu Deng +4 more
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Responsible investors require data to underpin their stock and sector selections. Regardless of the rating agency, bond ratings for a particular issuer are broadly similar. This is not the case for ESG ratings. Companies with a high score from one rater often receive a middling or low score from another rater.
Dimson, E, Marsh, P, Staunton, M
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ESG scores - Is it the new way to build a European portfolio? [PDF]
The study makes a comparison between the performance of equity portfolios characterized by high ESG score stocks and portfolios with low ESG score stocks.
Alessia D'Imperio +2 more
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Corporate social responsibility and stock price crash risk [PDF]
This study investigates whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) mitigates or contributes to stock price crash risk. Crash risk, defined as the conditional skewness of return distribution, captures asymmetry in risk and is important for investment ...
Kim, Yongtae, Li, Haidan, Li, Siqi
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Sustainable Investing and ESG Rating Divergence: A Literature Review [PDF]
Purpose – As incorporation of ESG factors in investment-decisions are becoming increasingly popular, the amount of academic research in this area is also expanding amongst numerous dimensions. One line of inquiry is the relationship between corporate ESG-
Aanestad, Marthe, Hamre, Aleksander G.
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CSR related management practices and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis of the Quantity-Quality Trade-off on French Data [PDF]
This paper analyzes how different combinations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dimensions affect corporate economic performance. We use various dimensions of CSR to examine whether firms rely on different combinations of CSR, in terms of quality
Crifo, Patricia +2 more
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