This study collates potential economic effects of mandated disclosure and reporting
standards for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability topics. We first outline …

Sustainability transformations in global financial services aimed at addressing sustainability-
related risks have been long overdue and are critical for the future development of financial …

We investigate carbon risk in global equity prices. We develop a measure of carbon risk
using industry standard databases and study return differences between brown and green …

This study provides an economic analysis of the determinants and consequences of
corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reporting. To frame our analysis, we …

Scholars and civil society have argued that competition erodes supplier morality. This paper
establishes a robust irrelevance result, whereby intense market competition does not crowd …

As a result of recurring natural disasters caused by climate change, firms are under
enormous pressure to reconsider their environmental footprints. However, whether or not …

Social finance and banking with an embedded social purpose have been on the rise in
recent decades. Social entrepreneurs have repeatedly stressed the critical need for financial …

This report provides an economic analysis for a widespread adoption of corporate social
responsibility (or sustainability) disclosure and reporting standards in the United States. It is …

Although a new landscape of social finance institutions (SFIs) is evolving rapidly in Europe,
the academic literature on the structures of legitimation that characterize the development of …

We show that those Chinese listed companies that are riding high on the media corporate
social responsibility (CSR) ranking lists tend to have greater advertising (sales) expenses …