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Foreign asset expropriation and sovereign bond ratings in the developing world
Business and PoliticsResearch shows that foreign asset expropriation narrows long-term bond spreads, resulting in lower borrowing costs. However, no empirical studies have investigated the effects of expropriation on sovereign bond ratings.
Glen Biglaiser, Hoon Lee, Seong Hun Yoo
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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali +2 more
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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
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the strategic efficacy of corporate low‐carbon energy transition, such as through nuclear energy adoption, as a response to decarbonization pressures. Analyzing an international sample of energy firms, we demonstrate that the relationship between this form of transition and emission reductions is not technologically ...
Bilal Ahmed Abbasi +4 more
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Modern Development Tendencies in Georgian Construction Law
Studia Prawa Publicznego, 2018 The problems and prospects of development of the modern Georgian Construction Law are reviewed in the article. Negative tendencies of the construction coefficient trading and negative influence of the above practice in the urban construction are ...
Ucha Zakashvili, Koba Kalichava
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INDIRECT EXPROPRIATION AND THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC INTERESTS
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2022 AbstractThis article analyses what is widely known as the police powers exemption found in modern international investment agreements, with a focus on mega-regional trade and investment agreements. It explores its legal nature and requirements, the burden of proof and issues of compensation.
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When ESG Becomes Value: Stock Market Rewards of Sustainable Banking in Europe
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between sustainable investing and stock performance in the European banking sector. Specifically, it investigates the impact of the overall ESG score as well as the individual ESG pillars on stock performance, with particular attention to differences across high‐capital‐buffer and large‐sized banks.
Antoine B. Awad
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Family Control and Ownership, Corporate Culture, and ESG Performance in Thailand
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in emerging markets, we examine how family control and ownership, together with corporate culture, influence the ESG performance of publicly listed firms in Thailand.
Sirimon Treepongkaruna +2 more
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Indirect Expropriation in the Petroleum Industry : The Response of International Arbitrations [PDF]
, 2021 The present article aims to argue indirect expropriation in international petroleum agreements and to analyse the response of international arbitrations. In particular, international arbitral awards by the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, the Yukos case as an Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration and certain North American Free Trade Agreement cases have been ...
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Subordination of related party claims in insolvency: A suggestive framework for Asian regimes
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract Related party loans, due to their inherent nature, warrant a higher threshold for scrutiny when compared to loans extended by unrelated parties. Why were these monies advanced as loans, carrying higher priority in insolvency, rather than being invested as share capital?
Aditya Jain, Dhanya Jha, Rebecca Parry
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