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Equilibrium Political Budget Cycles [PDF]

Prior to elections, governments (at all levels) frequently undertake a consumption binge. Taxes are cut, transfers are raised, and government spending is distorted towards highly visible items. The "political business cycle" (better be thought of as "the
Kenneth Rogoff
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Avoidance of advertising on social networking sites : the teenage perspective [PDF]

, 2010
Technology has provided consumers with the means to control and edit the information that they receive and share effectively, especially in the online environment. Although previous studies have investigated advertising avoidance in traditional media and
Kerr, Gayle F., Kelly, Louise, Drennan, Judy   +2 more
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The Language of Greenwashing: SDG Omission and Opportunity‐Oriented Environmental Tone as Alert Metrics in Green Bond Disclosures

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green bonds play a central role in sustainable finance, yet concerns about greenwashing raise questions about the credibility of issuers' sustainability disclosures. Using dictionary‐based methods and domain‐specific BERT transformer models, this paper proposes two greenwashing alert metrics and investigates their performance by analyzing ...
Andrea Nicolodi, Sandra Paterlini, Monica Gentile, Vincenzo Foglia Manzillo, Gianluca Vittorioso   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What makes online political ads unacceptable? Interrogating public attitudes to inform regulatory responses

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online political advertising is often portrayed negatively, yet there is limited evidence regarding what exactly the public deems unacceptable. This paper provides new insights into public attitudes based on an online survey conducted in 2022, in which ...
Junyan Zhu, Katharine Dommett, Tom Stafford   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Greenwashing in the Spotlight: Synthesising Evidence on Unethical Environmental Claims and Future Pathways

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan, Norah Albishri, Bhumika Gupta, Piera Centobelli, Manlio Del Giudice   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulatory Convergence and Divergence in ESG Reporting in the Indo‐Pacific Region

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has evolved significantly globally over the past few decades. Many countries are now signatories to international agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, with increasing commitments to emissions reduction targets and the
Michele John, Anulipt Chandan, Shaji Joseph, S. Vijayakumar Bharathi, Kazuyo Matsubae, Zhao Chuan, Pradthana Jaipong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advertising for attention in a consumer search model [PDF]

We model the idea that when consumers search for products, they first visit the firm whose advertising is more salient. The gains a firm derives from being visited early increase in search costs, so equilibrium advertising increases as search costs rise.
Haan, Marco A., Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose L.
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Beauty With a Conscience: The Power of CSR Communication Dimensions in the Formation of Purchase Intention Among Cosmetics Consumers

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cosmetics production and consumption, which have been growing steadily in recent years, are associated with a number of negative environmental, moral, and health impacts. This study examines the influence of cosmetics producers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication on the formation of purchase intention among Czech consumers ...
Libena Tetrevova, Martina Jelinkova, Simona Munzarova, Alexandra Kocurikova, Michal Patak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advertising, Entry Deterrence, and Industry Innovation [PDF]

This paper studies how advertising influences firms’ incentives to invest in R&D. The link between advertising and industry innovation is important, not only because advertising can spur R&D by spreading product knowledge, but also because advertising ...
Shi Qi
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Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures at the Intersection of Micro and Macro Factors: Evidence From Emerging and Developed Markets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how macroeconomic and firm‐level financial factors shape environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures across different institutional environments. The study utilises 41,060 firm‐year observations from 14 developed and emerging economies covering the period 2015–2024.
Okan Garip, Talha Gezgin
wiley   +1 more source