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Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth

Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Thorburn, Karin S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Researchers debate whether environmental investments reduce firm value or can actually improve financial performance. We provide some first evidence on shareholder wealth effects of voluntary corporate environmental initiatives. Companies announcing membership in Climate Leaders and Ceres - two...

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Managerial Entrenchment

Cespa, Giovanni; Cestone, Giacinta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

When stakeholder protection is left to the voluntary initiative of managers, relations with social activists may become an effective entrenchment strategy for inefficient CEOs. We thus argue that managerial turnover and firm value are increased by the institutionalization of stakeholder...

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Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance during the Financial Crisis

Lins, Karl; Servaes, Henri; Tamayo, Ane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study the extent to which a firm’s social capital, as measured by the intensity of a firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, affects firm performance during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. We find that high-CSR firms have crisis-period stock returns that are four to five...

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Employee Satisfaction, Labor Market Flexibility, and Stock Returns Around The World

Edmans, Alex; Li, Lucius; Zhang, Chendi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the relationship between employee satisfaction and abnormal stock returns around the world, using lists of the “Best Companies to Work For” in 14 countries. We show that employee satisfaction is associated with positive abnormal returns in countries with high labor market...

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Albuquerque, Rui; Durnev, Artyom; Koskinen, Yrjö - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper presents an industry equilibrium model where firms can choose to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. We model CSR activities as an investment in customer loyalty and show that CSR decreases systematic risk and increases firm value. These effects are stronger...

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Trigger Points and Budget Cuts: Explaining the Effects of Fiscal Austerity

Bertola, Giuseppe; Drazen, Allan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

We present and analyse an optimizing model which explains the counter-intuitive effects of fiscal policy in terms of expectations. If government spending follows an upward-trending stochastic process, which the public believes may fall sharply when it reaches specific `target points', then...

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Designing Democracies for Sustainability

Gersbach, Hans; Kleinschmidt, Tobias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

sustainability. We show that the dual democratic mechanism – rejection/support rewards (RSRs) for politicians and elections – can … achieve sustainability. RSRs stipulate that incumbents who are not re-elected, but obtain the majority support among young …

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Sustainability of Public Finances

Perotti, Roberto; Strauch, Rolf; von Hagen, Jürgen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

finances of its member states. Yet there is no clear definition of sustainability. The economist’s common use of the term …. In this study, we develop a concept of sustainability focusing on the controllability of public finances. In so doing, we … adopt the approach of the Maastricht Treaty, to assume sustainability as long as a country does not violate the double …

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From World Banker to World Venture Capitalist: US External Adjustment and The Exorbitant Privilege

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Rey, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

the sustainability of the current global imbalances. …

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Current Account Sustainability: Selected East Asian and Latin American Experiences

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria; Razin, Assaf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

forward a notion of current account sustainability and compares the experience of three Latin American countries – Chile … sustainability indicators and discusses their usefulness in predicting external crises. …

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