Science and the stock market: Investors' recognition of unburnable carbon

Energy Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Griffin, Paul A ^a   Jaffe, Amy Myers ^a   Lont, David H ^b   Dominguez Faus, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Event study; Media attention; Nature journal; Stranded assets; U.S. energy companies; Unburnable carbon

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMMERCE; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; PROVEN RESERVES; SHAREHOLDERS;

ENERGY COMPANIES; EVENT STUDIES; MEDIA ATTENTION; NATURE JOURNAL; STRANDED ASSETS;

INVESTMENTS;

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS TRADE; INVESTMENT; MEDIA ROLE; OIL TRADE; PRICE DETERMINATION; STOCK MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943526496     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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