Stock price reactions to the climate activism by Fridays for Future: The roles of public attention and environmental performance

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@article{b40387a5cc8747de8efef2672891ae3b,
title = "Stock price reactions to the climate activism by Fridays for Future: The roles of public attention and environmental performance",
abstract = "This research investigates how the European and U.S. stock markets reacted to the upheaval caused by Fridays for Future. We perform an event study on stocks listed in the Stoxx Europe 600 and S&P 500 to examine their price reactions to the Global Climate Strikes 1–11. We analyze the significance of abnormal stock returns utilizing three event windows covering anticipation, short-term, and lagged effects. We also divide the sample by environmental performance grades. Our findings reveal that climate activism significantly affected stock valuation for all 11 Global Climate Strikes. Superior environmental performance is comparatively beneficial for firm values when climate activism receives a high level of public attention. We identify differences in the market reactions between Europe and the U.S. Also, we enrich the literature on stock market reactions by demonstrating that investors react, not only to primary stakeholder events (i.e., enactment of regulations by governments) but also to secondary stakeholder pressure (i.e., NGO activism). Furthermore, we provide evidence that climate activism has a processual character that causes recurring effects on the stock market. Our study encourages policymakers to increase environmental pressure as a mechanism for guiding green transformation.",
keywords = "Stakeholder activism, Climate change, Green transition, Social movement, Climate risk, Stock performance, Management studies",
author = "Mario Schuster and Bornh{\"o}ft, {Sophie Constance} and Rainer Lueg and Bouzzine, {Yassin Denis}",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd.",
year = "2023",
month = oct,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118608",
language = "English",
volume = "344",
journal = "Journal of Environmental Management",
issn = "0301-4797",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

}

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T1 - Stock price reactions to the climate activism by Fridays for Future: The roles of public attention and environmental performance

AU - Schuster, Mario

AU - Bornhöft, Sophie Constance

AU - Lueg, Rainer

AU - Bouzzine, Yassin Denis

N1 - © 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

PY - 2023/10/15

Y1 - 2023/10/15

N2 - This research investigates how the European and U.S. stock markets reacted to the upheaval caused by Fridays for Future. We perform an event study on stocks listed in the Stoxx Europe 600 and S&P 500 to examine their price reactions to the Global Climate Strikes 1–11. We analyze the significance of abnormal stock returns utilizing three event windows covering anticipation, short-term, and lagged effects. We also divide the sample by environmental performance grades. Our findings reveal that climate activism significantly affected stock valuation for all 11 Global Climate Strikes. Superior environmental performance is comparatively beneficial for firm values when climate activism receives a high level of public attention. We identify differences in the market reactions between Europe and the U.S. Also, we enrich the literature on stock market reactions by demonstrating that investors react, not only to primary stakeholder events (i.e., enactment of regulations by governments) but also to secondary stakeholder pressure (i.e., NGO activism). Furthermore, we provide evidence that climate activism has a processual character that causes recurring effects on the stock market. Our study encourages policymakers to increase environmental pressure as a mechanism for guiding green transformation.

AB - This research investigates how the European and U.S. stock markets reacted to the upheaval caused by Fridays for Future. We perform an event study on stocks listed in the Stoxx Europe 600 and S&P 500 to examine their price reactions to the Global Climate Strikes 1–11. We analyze the significance of abnormal stock returns utilizing three event windows covering anticipation, short-term, and lagged effects. We also divide the sample by environmental performance grades. Our findings reveal that climate activism significantly affected stock valuation for all 11 Global Climate Strikes. Superior environmental performance is comparatively beneficial for firm values when climate activism receives a high level of public attention. We identify differences in the market reactions between Europe and the U.S. Also, we enrich the literature on stock market reactions by demonstrating that investors react, not only to primary stakeholder events (i.e., enactment of regulations by governments) but also to secondary stakeholder pressure (i.e., NGO activism). Furthermore, we provide evidence that climate activism has a processual character that causes recurring effects on the stock market. Our study encourages policymakers to increase environmental pressure as a mechanism for guiding green transformation.

KW - Stakeholder activism

KW - Climate change

KW - Green transition

KW - Social movement

KW - Climate risk

KW - Stock performance

KW - Management studies

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U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118608

DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118608

M3 - Journal articles

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VL - 344

JO - Journal of Environmental Management

JF - Journal of Environmental Management

SN - 0301-4797

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