The salience of ESG ratings for stock pricing: Evidence from (potentially) confused investors
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- Rzeznik, Aleksandra & Weiss-Hanley, Kathleen, 2021. "The Salience of ESG Ratings for Stock Pricing: Evidence From (Potentially) Confused Investors," CEPR Discussion Papers 16334, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
Corporate social responsibility; ESG rating agencies; sustainable investments; socially responsible investing; ESG; portfolio choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G59 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Other
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
- Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2021-03-29 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-ENV-2021-03-29 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-FMK-2021-03-29 (Financial Markets)
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