Foreign Institutional Investors, Legal Origin, and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure

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Foreign Institutional Investors, Legal Origin, and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure. / Döring, Simon; Drobetz, Wolfgang; El Ghoul, Sadok et al.

In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 182, No. 4, 01.02.2023, p. 903-932.

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Döring S, Drobetz W, El Ghoul S, Guedhami O, Schröder H. Foreign Institutional Investors, Legal Origin, and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure. Journal of Business Ethics. 2023 Feb 1;182(4):903-932. doi: 10.1007/s10551-022-05289-6

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abstract = "The disclosure of corporate environmental performance is an increasingly important element of a firm{\textquoteright}s ethical behavior. We analyze how the legal origin of foreign institutional investors affects a firm{\textquoteright}s voluntary greenhouse gas emissions disclosure. Using a large sample of firms from 36 countries, we show that foreign institutional ownership from civil law countries improves the scope and quality of a firm{\textquoteright}s greenhouse gas emissions reporting. This relation is robust to addressing endogeneity and selection biases. The effect is more pronounced in firms from non-climate-sensitized countries, for which the gap between firms{\textquoteright} environmental standards and investors{\textquoteright} environmental targets is potentially larger, and in less international firms. Firms with a higher level of voluntary greenhouse gas emissions disclosure also exhibit higher valuations.",
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