The impact of climate change information: New evidence from the stock market

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Beatty, Timothy ^a   Shimshack, Jay P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; corporate environmentalism; corporate social responsibility; environmental information

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649846439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2374     Document Type: Article

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