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ABSTRACT This study investigates the structural and distributional factors that influence environmental performance in 27 European Union (EU) countries from 2010 to 2021, focusing especially on circular economy (CE) measures and the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI)‐based analytical tools.
Cosimo Magazzino +3 more
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Air Pollution, Investor Attention, and Greenium: An Attention‐Based View
ABSTRACT Although prior research has highlighted the growing importance of green bonds and their sensitivity to environmental conditions, evidence regarding the existence of a green‐bond premium (“greenium”) remains inconclusive. As an innovative financial instrument whose valuation depends partly on the credibility of its environmental certification ...
Huimin Zhao, Xi Xu, Jing A. Zhang
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ABSTRACT This study examines whether stronger competition supports or constrains corporate environmental responsibility, using China's 2008 Anti‐Monopoly Law as a quasi‐natural experiment. Applying a difference‐in‐differences design to Chinese A‐share listed firms in heavily polluting industries from 2006 to 2019, we find that firms with high ...
Wen Li +4 more
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Confronting Biodiversity Risk: Its Role in Shaping Corporate External Financing Choice
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how biodiversity risk shapes corporate financing decisions. We propose a Financing Hierarchy Distortion framework, arguing that biodiversity risk amplifies information asymmetry and legitimacy costs, thereby pushing firms toward debt‐heavy adjustments.
Yang Zhou +3 more
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ABSTRACT This paper investigates key barriers to the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of food quick commerce (Q‐commerce) logistics, using Iran as a representative emerging economy. This study is timely because it examines a rapidly evolving form of urban logistics in which speed, convenience, and sustainability are increasingly in ...
Seyed Hamid Hashemi Petrudi +3 more
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Riding on a Pegasus: Is ‘Sustainability’ Still a Myth in Bangladesh's RMG Sector?
ABSTRACT Although a growing number of studies explore sustainability, the role of stakeholders and institutions in shaping environmental sustainability initiatives remains overlooked particularly from the upstream fashion supply chain contexts. Drawing upon the framework proposed by Lee, our study aims to fill this gap by examining the interplay ...
Taposh Kumar Roy +3 more
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ABSTRACT Although circular business models (CBMs) are central to the circular economy (CE) transition, their adoption among small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) remains limited, and evidence on barrier variation across CBMs and sectors is scarce. This study examines barriers to engagement in five CBM activities, spanning secondary raw material use,
Gordon Sirr +3 more
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The Circular Economy—A New Resilience Paradigm?
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) has traditionally been positioned as a central instrument of the sustainability paradigm. Yet escalating geopolitical volatility and supply chain fragility have elevated resilience to a parallel strategic imperative, and the conceptual integration of CE and resilience remains underexplored.
Julian Kirchherr, Felix Carl Schultz
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Sustainable Corporate Loans: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda
ABSTRACT This paper presents a systematic literature review of sustainable corporate loans (SCLs), including green loans and sustainability‐linked loans, to synthesise current academic knowledge and outline future research directions. Using a PRISMA protocol and a bibliometric analysis of 102 peer‐reviewed articles published in AJG‐ranked journals (3 ...
Md Nurul Islam Sohel +3 more
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When and How Do Women Directors Matter for Corporate Sustainability? The French Case
ABSTRACT This study examines when and how board gender diversity matters for corporate sustainability. Using a sample of French listed firms over 2006–2024, we combine dynamic system GMM estimations with difference‐in‐differences tests around France's phased board gender quotas.
Amandeep Mattoo, Pascal Nguyen
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