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Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
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Tax reforms to influence corporate financial policy: the case of the Italian business tax reform of 1997-98 [PDF]
In this paper company-level panel data are used to explore the role of tax changes on corporate financial policy. A panel model for the years 1993-98 is estimated confirming the explanatory power of the tax variable.
Alessandra Staderini
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ABSTRACT Global net‐zero ambitions require transformative strategies to decarbonise carbon‐intensive global value chains (GVCs). This study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) in sunset industries integrate carbon capture technologies (CCT) with operational and supply chain dynamics (OSCD) to advance decarbonisation.
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal +6 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Impact of tax rate cut cum base broadening reforms on heterogeneous firms: Learning from the German tax reform 2008 [PDF]
The German corporate tax reform of 2008 has brought about important cuts in corporate tax rates, which were at the same time accompanied by significant changes in the determination of the tax base for both major German corporate taxes - corporate income ...
Finke, Katharina +3 more
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DISTORTIONARY IMPACTS OF THE 1982 AND 1986 U.S. TAX CODES ON CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF INVESTMENT IN ORANGE GROVES [PDF]
The 1980s have been a period of dramatic change for the income tax code in the United States. Although numerous modifications were considered in policy deliberations, two key goals, the reduction of the importance of tax considerations in investment ...
Boggess, William G. +2 more
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Critical Materials Import and Environmental Preferences: Evidence From G20 and N11 Economies
ABSTRACT Critical materials such as lithium and cobalt are indispensable for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action). While these materials enable the deployment of low‐carbon technologies, including electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy ...
Asif Saeed +2 more
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A Republic of the Mind: Cognitive Biases, Fiscal Federalism, and Section 164 of the Tax Code [PDF]
In its efforts to guide money to the states, our federal government annually passes up more than $75 billion in potential revenue under a single provision of the Tax Code.
Galle, Brian
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ABSTRACT While industry platforms are widely recognized as enablers of circular innovation, we still know little about how they evolve to scale and sustain innovation as economic conditions tighten and circular economy funding schemes become more selective.
Eva Qi Wang +3 more
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur +3 more
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