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Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives, alongside their impact on corporate financial performance across European Union companies.
Paolo Saona, Laura Muro
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Brand Capital and Leverage Adjustments
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. firm‐year observations, we document a positive association between brand capital and the speed of leverage adjustment. This relationship is stronger among firms that exhibit greater opacity in their information disclosure, weaker governance, and more rigid financial constraints.
Tongxia Li, Chun Lu, Lei Xu, Bo Yu
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Does China's corporate two-way foreign direct investment mitigate environmental pollution? [PDF]
PLoS OneYang F, Chen T, Han L, Wang S.
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Theories of Interest and Their Relation to the Gesell–Keynes Theory
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We consider theories of interest as they relate to what we will call the Gesell‐Keynes (GK) theory which is essentially a real theory of capital accumulation with a monetary constraint that arises because of a liquidity return on holding money.
Ahmed Anwar
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Digital transformation as an ESG performance catalyst with insights from China's external governance. [PDF]
Sci RepLyu Y, Liu X, Lu Y.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines whether Korea's COVID‐19 credit support programs generated spillover effects on bank lending to riskier firms. While banks extended relatively more credit to riskier eligible SMEs during the policy period (2020), lending to riskier non‐eligible firms also increased in the post‐policy period (2021–2022), indicating a ...
Munbak Choe, Joon Chae
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Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard +2 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Reversing ongoing biodiversity loss requires effectively managing anthropogenic threats. Although conservation actions can mitigate these threats, prioritizing and targeting such actions remain challenging because species respond differently depending on the nature of the threats and their biological traits.
Camila Guerrero‐Pineda +3 more
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Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Director reelection pressure strengthens directors' accountability to shareholders, yet its implications for stakeholder‐oriented engagement, such as corporate sustainability, remain theoretically ambiguous and empirically underexplored.
Zhe Li, Bo Wang
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Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue We investigate whether a quasi‐official minority shareholder, the China Securities Investor Services Center (CSISC), affects firms' investor relations management when it actively exercises its shareholder rights in listed firms. Research Findings/Insights We employ a machine learning–based algorithm to estimate response
Karel Hrazdil, Jiyuan Li, Xiang Zhang
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