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Financing Climate Action Through Fair Taxation: How SDG Engagement Reduces Corporate Tax Avoidance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a low‐carbon economy, central to achieving Paris Agreement targets and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action), requires unprecedented public and private investment. A significant climate financing gap persists, however, exacerbated by corporate practices that erode the public revenue base.
Ahmed Aboud, Niccolò Nirino, Panagiota Papadimitri, Michael Christofi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Wealth Becoming More Polarized in the United States? [PDF]

Recent work has documented a rising degree of wealth inequality in the United States between 1983 and 1998. In this paper we look at another dimension of the distribution: polarization. Using techniques developed by Esteban and Ray (1994) and extended by
Conchita D'Ambrosio, Edward N. Wolff
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Automating Sustainability: How Climate Action Unlocks the ESG Potential of Industrial Robotics

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The convergence of Industry 4.0 and global sustainability goals presents a critical paradox: while automation drives efficiency, its net impact on comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance remains contested. This study investigates the relationship between industrial robot and country‐level ESG performance across 63
Brahim Bergougui
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to Carbon Neutrality: The Role of Environmental Governance, Environmental Technology, Renewable Energy Transition, and Economic Policy Uncertainty in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As climate change and environmental deterioration continue to escalate due to substantial CO2 emissions, nations worldwide are implementing approaches to alleviate CO2 emissions and accomplish carbon neutrality (CNE) goals. The current study examined CNE objectives for five selected nations in Africa, spanning from 1990 to 2022.
John Wiredu, Emmanuel Nketiah, Simplice A. Asongu, Kingsley Takyi Agyei, Zijie Fan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of the Wealth Taxes on Income Distribution In Turkey

, 2019
Ensuring fair distribution of income among individuals is one of the primary objectives of public fiscal policy in every country. Taxes have an impact on the second income distribution. In particular, increasing rates of direct taxes have a positive effect on income redistribution.
openaire   +3 more sources

The particle system model of income and wealth more likely to imply an analogue of thermodynamics in social science

The Inequality Process (IP) and the Saved Wealth Model (SW) are particle system models of income distribution. The IP’s social science meta-theory requires its stationary distribution to fit the distribution of labor income conditioned on education.
Angle, John
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Sustainability‐Focused or Unfocused CSR Committees: Which Ones Are Beneficial for Corporate Environmental Performance?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) committees' mandates, the characteristics of their chairs, and corporate environmental performance. Employing the whole sample of Italian industrial firms listed on Euronext Milan, we find that only sustainability‐focused CSR committees are positively ...
Kevin Pirazzi Maffiola, Cecilia Correggi, Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Paolo Di Toma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States" [PDF]

The standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial determinants of well-being.
Ajit Zacharias, Edward N. Wolff
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National Context and STEM Career Expectations: Social Comparison and Gender Differences Across 72 Economies

The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adolescents’ career expectations play a pivotal role in shaping identity and future opportunities, yet little is known about how national‐level comparisons influence these expectations. Drawing on social comparison theory, this study examines how relative standing in science achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), and math self‐efficacy is ...
Luyang Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Its Determinants Among Older Adults in India: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality, posing a major challenge to its rapidly aging demographic. Early identification of individuals at high risk for future cardiovascular events is paramount for implementing timely preventative strategies.
Vansh Maheshwari, Shyamashree Das, Saurav Basu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source