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Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cost of Debt: Evidence From European Firms Under Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considering the growing attention to sustainability and the increasing regulatory pressure in the European landscape, this study evaluates whether greenhouse gas emissions affect firms' cost of debt. A panel regression was conducted from 2021 to 2024 on two samples of European firms.
Daniela Cicchini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sovereign debt

open access: yes
Abstract Geoeconomic shocks in the 1970s, including oil price hikes and declining commodity prices, drove many countries to unsustainable debt levels by the early 1980s. While the established global norm then was that debtors should pay back their creditors, high levels of debt threatened the stability of the global economy.
James Thuo Gathii, Harrison Otieno Mbori
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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Sovereign Debt Exposure of European Less Significant Banks: Too Small to be Bailed

open access: yesRevista Galega de Economía, 2022
This paper studies the determinants of the sovereign debt portfolios of small European banks. We cover the time frame from 2010 to 2017, including the peak of the European debt crisis. Our analysis focuses on Less Significant Institutions (LSI), a group
doaj  

Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal creditors and sovereign debt restructuring. [PDF]

open access: yesIndian Econ Rev, 2023
Ghosal S, Thomas D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Independent Female Directors and Green Innovation in China: The Moderating Roles of Ownership Structure and Market Competition

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of independent female directors (IFDs) on green innovation (GI) among Chinese‐listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Additionally, we investigate the moderating effects of ownership structure and market competition on the relationship between IFD and GI.
Muhammad Usman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A socio-economic rights centred evaluation of Kenya’s law and practice on sovereign debt acquisition, servicing and restructuring

open access: yesKabarak Law Review
This paper addresses Kenya’s rising sovereign debt burden and its implications for socio-economic rights. Despite constitutional mandates to safeguard these rights, Kenya’s debt accumulation and management practices seem to prioritise servicing ...
Alex Melonye Tamei
doaj  

FROM THE SUBPRIME TO THE SOVEREIGN CRISIS: WHY KEYNESIANISM DOES NOT WORK

open access: yesWorld Review of Political Economy, 2012
This article analyzes the recent global economic crisis in the central capitalist economies from the viewpoint of Marxian political economy. In the first section, it examines the so-called sovereign crisis concerning the deepening
Makoto Itoh
doaj   +1 more source

Why Current EU Proposals for Corona-Related Financial Aid Cannot Replace Coronabonds

open access: yesIntereconomics, 2020
With public debt-to-GDP levels now set to surpass post-war records and Italy’s ratio approaching levels reached in Greece on the eve of the country’s debt restructuring in early 2012, fears of a return of the sovereign debt crisis have emerged.
Sebastian Dullien   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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