Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

KH Bae, S El Ghoul, ZJ Gong, O Guedhami - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021 - Elsevier
The debate over how firm stakeholder engagement is tied to preserving shareholder wealth
has received growing attention in recent years, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 …

ESG scores and cost of debt

N Apergis, T Poufinas, A Antonopoulos - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
As sustainable investing becomes central to capital allocation in many markets, the
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics and scores have become of critical …

ESG ratings and stock performance during the COVID-19 crisis

N Engelhardt, J Ekkenga, P Posch - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
We investigate the association between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
ratings and stock performance during the COVID-19 crisis. Although there is mixed evidence …

Do banks price ESG risks? A critical review of empirical research

C Carnevale, D Drago - Research in International Business and Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
A lack of comprehensive reviews on whether banks price borrowers' ESG risks hinders
ongoing debate on how banks could play an important role in supporting sustainability …

Leadership in heels: Women on boards and sustainability in times of COVID‐19

MF Amorelli, IM García‐Sánchez - … Social Responsibility and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
From a business perspective, the health and socio‐economic effects of the COVID‐19 have
affected a firm's stakeholders to a different extent, making it necessary for them to develop …

Consequences of state-level regulations in accounting, finance, and corporate governance: A review

A Al-Hadi, A Habib - Advances in accounting, 2023 - Elsevier
We review the literature on the consequences of US state-level local regulations for various
corporate outcomes in the accounting, finance, and corporate governance domain. We …

Prosocial CEOs and the cost of debt: Evidence from syndicated loan contracts

C Liu, L Xu, H Yang, W Zhang - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates whether banks value the presence of prosocial CEOs when
designing loan contracts. Using personal charitable donation behavior to identify prosocial …

Stakeholder orientation, environmental performance and financial benefits

Y Koskinen, H Lu, N Nguyen - European Corporate Governance …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper, we examine the impact of stakeholder orientation on environmental
performance and financial benefits from environmental performance. We use firm-level data …

Chief financial officer overconfidence and earnings management

L Qiao, E Adegbite, TH Nguyen - Accounting Forum, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the relationship between overconfident Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
and earnings management. Through the lens of upper echelons and overconfidence …

Broadband internet and stock market participation

Y Wang, G Niu, Y Zhou, W Lu - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of broadband Internet on household stock market
participation. By exploiting the expansion of broadband in the US from 1999 to 2008, we find …