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Corporate political risk and environmental performance

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  • Safiullah, Md
  • Kabir, Md. Nurul

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We investigate the association between firm-level political risk and environmental performance in U.S. firms during the period 2004–2018. We find a negative impact of political risk on overall environmental performance and its three components (a) carbon emissions reduction; (b) production innovation; and (c) resource reduction. Our findings remain robust when we employ firm fixed-effects, propensity score-matching estimates and the instrumental variable approach to address potential endogeneity concerns. The channel analysis shows that firms with high political risk face higher cash flow volatility and higher default risk, which lead to lower environmental performance.

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  • Safiullah, Md & Kabir, Md. Nurul, 2024. "Corporate political risk and environmental performance," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:glofin:v:60:y:2024:i:c:s1044028324000115
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100939
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    Keywords

    Firm-level political risk; Environmental performance; Carbon emissions;
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    JEL classification:

    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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