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The Value of Firm Networks: A Natural Experiment on Board Connections
(2020-04-13)
This paper presents causal evidence of the effects of boardroom networks on firm value and compensation policies. We exploit exogenous variation in network centrality arising from a ban on interlocking directorates of ...
The Trading Response of Individual Investors to Local Bankruptcies
(2020-03-20)
We use data from a German online brokerage and a survey to show that retail investors sharply reduce risk-taking in response to nearby firm bankruptcies, which are not predictive of returns. The effects on trading are ...
Inside the ESG Ratings: (Dis)agreement and Performance
(2020-07-31)
We analyze the ESG rating criteria used by prominent agencies and show that there is a lack of a commonality in the definition of ESG (i) characteristics, (ii) attributes and (iii) standards in defining E, S and G components. ...
The Power of ESG Ratings on Stock Markets
(2021-03-10)
This paper studies the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings on investors’ preferences and stock prices. We exploit a change in ESG rating methodology that non-linearly shifted ESG ratings for firms ...
The salience of ESG ratings for stock pricing: Evidence from (potentially) confused investors
(2021-10-08)
We exploit a modification to Sustainalytics' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating methodology, which is subsequently adopted by Morningstar, to study whether ESG ratings are salient for stock pricing. We show ...
The Value of Firm Networks: A Natural Experiment on Board Connections
(2021-08-03)
We present causal evidence on the effect of boardroom networks on firm value and compensation policies. We exploit a ban on interlocking directorates of Italian financial and insurance companies as exogenous variation and ...
The role of disclosure in green finance
(2021-08-23)
We study the design features of disclosure regulations that seek to trigger the green transition of the global economy and ask whether such regulatory interventions are likely to bring about sufficient market discipline ...