Disclosed corporate responses to climate change and stock performance: An international empirical analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1283-1294

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a,b   Busch, Timo ^b   Hoffmann, Volker H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asset pricing models; Climate change; Climate policy; Corporate environmental performance; Financial performance; Portfolio analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSET PRICING MODEL; CLIMATE POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCK MARKET;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755135388     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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