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The Effects of Environmental Disasters and Pollution Alerts on Chinese Equity Markets

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  • Giancarlo Giudici
  • Emilia Tona
  • Krishna Reddy
  • Wang Dai

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Environmental disasters not only cause severe losses in human lives and well-being but also affect economic and industrial activities, influencing firm performance and investors’ risk perceptions. We investigate the effects of 18 chemical disasters, oil spills, and pollution alerts on the Chinese stock market from 2003 to 2015. We find that these events generate significantly positive or negative returns, depending on the industry. Our results show no clear pattern suggesting that polluting industries are the most penalized; however, they indicate that environmental disasters create uncertainties in the market and often change investors’ risk perceptions in both the short and long term.

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  • Giancarlo Giudici & Emilia Tona & Krishna Reddy & Wang Dai, 2019. "The Effects of Environmental Disasters and Pollution Alerts on Chinese Equity Markets," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(2), pages 251-271, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:55:y:2019:i:2:p:251-271
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2018.1473248
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    1. Stephen Bahadar & Muhammad Nadeem & Rashid Zaman, 2023. "Toxic chemical releases and idiosyncratic return volatility: A prospect theory perspective," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(2), pages 2109-2143, June.
    2. Wu, Junfeng & Liu, Baohua & Chang, Samuel & Chan, Kam C., 2022. "Effects of air pollution on accounting conservatism," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

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