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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
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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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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
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Sovereign Debt Exposure of European Less Significant Banks: Too Small to be Bailed
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
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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
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Informal creditors and sovereign debt restructuring. [PDF]
Ghosal S, Thomas D.
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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
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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
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FROM THE SUBPRIME TO THE SOVEREIGN CRISIS: WHY KEYNESIANISM DOES NOT WORK
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
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Why Current EU Proposals for Corona-Related Financial Aid Cannot Replace Coronabonds
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
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