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Carbon intensity, default risk, and investors’ attention to environment: Evidence from South Korea

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  • Park, Dojoon
  • Kang, Yong Joo
  • Lee, Jiyoon

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We investigate the relationship between carbon intensity and default risk for South Korean firms and examine the role of investor attentiveness to environmental issues on this relationship. Using carbon emissions and Merton's distance-to-default, we find that carbon intensity is significantly negatively associated with the distance-to-default and that the negative association strengthens when foreign ownership is high. Furthermore, we find that default risk for firms subject to the South Korean emissions trading system increased after its adoption. Our results are robust to different default risk proxies and highlights the negative impact carbon intensity has on default risk for South Korean firms.

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  • Park, Dojoon & Kang, Yong Joo & Lee, Jiyoon, 2023. "Carbon intensity, default risk, and investors’ attention to environment: Evidence from South Korea," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 1104-1121.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:88:y:2023:i:c:p:1104-1121
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.023
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    1. Zhang, Yunhan & Li, Yan & Zhao, Wanli & Ji, Qiang, 2024. "Climate risk performance and returns integration of Chinese listed energy companies," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

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    Keywords

    Carbon intensity; Carbon emissions; Default risk; Distance to default; Investor attention;
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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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