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Environmental Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Full text linkWe examine the relation between environmental disclosure and the cost of capital by exploiting the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a source of variation in the relevance of environmental information for investors. Using a large hand-collected sample of Japanese firms, we find that firms disclosing carbon emissions experience a lower increase in the cost of capital than non-disclosing firms. Cross-sectional analyses suggest that the association between disclosure and the cost of capital is driven by the increase in investor uncertainty about the energy supply shortage that followed the disaster rather than future regulatory costs. Moreover, we find that after the disaster, non-disclosing firms in the pre-disaster period increase their environmental disclosures to a greater extent relative to disclosing firms. Taken together, our results provide insight into the link between non-financial, unregulated disclosures and the cost of capital
Not all bad news is harmful to a good reputation: evidence from the most visible companies in the US
No full textThis study investigates the relation between the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) bad news and reputation. In particular, our analysis focuses on the moderating effect that such disclosure may have on corporate reputation. A large and growing number of studies in the CSR accounting literature provides empirical evidence supporting the argument that CSR disclosure – which has been criticized for its self-laudatory style – may serve as a reputation management tool used to camouflage a company’s image among stakeholders, hence protect its reputation. These studies suggest that an optimistically biased reporting may enhance reputation. However, recent research in the financial accounting area shows that a non-or less-optimistically biased reporting may actually have positive effects on the credibility of the information disclosed. Therefore, the paper argues that the disclosure of CSR-related bad news could be beneficial and turn into better reputation. Based on data from a sample of the most visible companies in the US, this study shows that the disclosure of bad CSR news may have positive reputational outcomes
Detection of subjects with higher self-reporting stress scores using heart rate variability patterns during the day
No full textNumerical investigation about blade vortex interaction using vortex embedded CAA method
Full text linkMeasuring csr disclosure when assessing stock market effects
No full textA growing number of studies are using a dichotomous variable indicating the presence of a standalone CSR report to capture impacts of CSR disclosure. Our concern is that, without considering differences in the information provided, such an approach could lead to incorrect inferences regarding those impacts. We extend prior research by examining whether, similar to differences in environmental disclosure, the mere presence of a standalone CSR report also mitigates negative market reactions at times of regulatory cost exposure. We focus on the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster and a sample of international utilities with nuclear power generation. Controlling for other factors related to social and regulatory cost exposures, we find only the environmental disclosures appear to reduce negative market effects. We argue that, in exploring the impacts of CSR disclosure, researchers need to carefully consider, beyond just the presence of a CSR report, differences in the extent of information being provided
Visualization of aeroacoustics using CAA (Computational Aeroacoustics)
Full text linkThis work was supported by the Strategic Supercomputing Support Program of Korea Super
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