We document evidence that mutual funds designated as “Sustainable Investment Overall” by Morningstar (which we classify as ESG mutual funds) are no more likely than other mutual funds to support shareholder proposals. We find, however, that ESG mutual funds are more likely than non-ESG...

We examine the impact of extreme weather events on the cost of an audit. We measure impact as the number of days per year a firm experiences an extreme weather event of any type (e.g., drought, floods, storms, wildfires) in its metropolitan statistical area (MSA). We first find that auditors...