ESG disclosure and financial performance: Moderating role of ESG investors

Z Chen, G Xie - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
This study discusses the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure
on corporate financial performance. This study uses a sample of non-financial listed …

[PDF][PDF] Flow-driven ESG returns

P Van der Beck - Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper, 2021 - aeaweb.org
I show that the returns from sustainable investing are strongly driven by price pressure from
flows towards sustainable funds, causing high realized returns that do not reflect high …

Is carbon risk priced in the cross section of corporate bond returns?

T Duan, FW Li, Q Wen - Journal of Financial and Quantitative …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This article examines the pricing of a firm's carbon risk in the corporate bond market.
Contrary to the “carbon risk premium” hypothesis, bonds of more carbon-intensive firms earn …

The impact of the ESG disclosure on sell-side analysts' target prices: The new era post Paris agreements

E Bolognesi, A Burchi - Research in International Business and Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine whether the ESG disclosure is a value driver for sell-side analysts, focusing on
the largest 3000 US listed firms between 2012 and 2020. ESG represents Environmental …

Hacking corporate reputations

P Akey, S Lewellen, I Liskovich… - Rotman School of …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
We exploit unexpected corporate data breaches to study the loss and repair of corporate
reputation. Reputation loss decreases equity value and brand value, increases customer …

The sustainability wage gap

P Krueger, D Metzger, J Wu - Swedish House of Finance Research …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Using detailed administrative employer-employee matched data and a novel measure that
quantifies the environmental sustainability of different economic activities of Swedish private …

ESG-linked compensation, CEO skills, and shareholder welfare

S Homroy, T Mavruk, VD Nguyen - The Review of Corporate …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Executive compensation is increasingly being linked to ESG outcomes. This paper
examines whether ESG targets are consistent with shareholder welfare. Using granular …

Which institutional investors drive corporate sustainability?

M Ceccarelli, S Glossner, M Homanen… - Available at SSRN …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Many institutional investors publicly commit to some form of responsible investment. This
raises concerns about the credibility of such claims. We use participation in collaborative …

Shareholder value implications of supply chain ESG risk management: Evidence from negative incidents

X Lin, G She, A Yoon, H Zhu - Available at SSRN 4500888, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the long-term value implications of supply chain ESG performance. We
find that firms with fewer supply chain ESG incidents exhibit higher future stock returns and …

ESG news spillovers across the value chain

V Le Tran, G Coqueret - Financial Management, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We document the impact of ESG shocks on the stock returns of suppliers and clients of
affected firms. Our empirical analysis of US stocks, along with their global clients and …