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Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital: A Meta‐Analytical Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and cost of equity capital (COEC), empirical evidence remains inconsistent. This study addresses these inconsistencies through a comprehensive meta‐analysis of 1139 effect sizes from 75 studies.
Robert Witte, Ewald Aschauer, Helmut Pernsteiner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter-temporal discounting and uniform impatience [PDF]

The uniform impatience hypothesis, a joint requirement on endowments and preferences, was imposed in the literature to prove equilibrium existence in infinite horizon sequential economies.
Juan Pablo Torres Martinez, MArio Páscoa, Myrian Petrassi   +2 more
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Temporal Discounting of Losses

, 2011
This dissertation presents a series of five papers to better understand how to measure discounting, how and why discounting of losses differs from discounting of gains, and how to apply research on discounting to public policy. Paper 1 compares two common methods of measuring discounting - titration and matching - with a dynamic "multiple staircase ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Reciprocity on the Edge of Distance Paradox: How Sustainability Motives and Hypocrisy Shape Consumer Responses to Nearshoring

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing interest in corporate relocation decisions and sustainability, the existing literature is limited in its consumer‐centric approach. Integrating social exchange theory and construal level theory, this research investigates how consumers perceive sustainability‐driven nearshoring motives (i.e., socio‐economic vs.
Cagla Dayangan, Nilay Bıçakcıoğlu‐Peynirci, Ozge Ozgen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of pandemic threats on intertemporal choices in Chinese and Americans

Scientific Reports
Intertemporal decisions are crucial to survival, especially when humans are exposed to ecological threats. However, it remains unclear whether and how pandemic threats impact intertemporal choices across cultures. We conducted two studies in two cultural
Xu Han, Yuwei Wang, Yan Mu
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Does thinking about the past reduce temporal discounting? An investigation into the effects of episodic thought on intertemporal choice [PDF]

, 2011
Humans show a preference for present rewards over delayed rewards, a phenomenon known as temporal discounting (TD). TD, of perennial interest because of its violation of rational economic theory, is associated with poor outcomes such as drug addiction ...
De La Vega, Alejandro
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Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang, Ninh Nguyen, Steven Greenland, Jacqueline K. Eastman, Chrystie Watson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Positive temporal dependence of the biological clock implies hyperbolic discounting

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2011
Temporal preferences of animals and humans often exhibit inconsistencies, whereby an earlier, smaller reward may be preferred when it occurs immediately but not when it is delayed.
Debajyoti eRay, Peter eBossaerts, Peter eBossaerts   +2 more
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A hidden Markov model and reinforcement learning‐based strategy for fault‐tolerant control

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract This study introduces a data‐driven control strategy integrating hidden Markov models (HMM) and reinforcement learning (RL) to achieve resilient, fault‐tolerant operation against persistent disturbances in nonlinear chemical processes. Called hidden Markov model and reinforcement learning (HMMRL), this strategy is evaluated in two case studies
Tamera Leitao, Debaprasad Dutta, Simant R. Upreti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Risk and Its Implications for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Literature Review

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent literature addressing ESG and risk has increased by 70% since mid‐2022, reflecting a growing interest in sustainable finance. Guided by the PRISMA flow diagram, this paper employs a hybrid systematic review methodology, combining bibliometric analysis with content analysis, to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution of ESG and
Fahad Asmi, Alain Neher, Alfred Wong
wiley   +1 more source