Sustainability is an unavoidable subject of the 21st century, and research has gone into understanding financial advantages companies may have from being more sustainable. This research paper explores the link between environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings of European firms and their cost of debt capital – a relationship hypothesised to be negative. With multiple regression analysis, including controls for firm characteristics, year and sector fixed effects, this dissertation identifies a possible concave quadratic relationship. Regressed variables are lagged one period in relation to the dependent variable, to address endogeneity issues. In the general sample, the relationship between the variables is positive, but by subdividi...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...
This thesis investigates how the disclosure of ESG performance affect the cost of capital, segregate...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become increasingly relevant within the fin...
Data availability: The authors do not have permission to share data.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Th...
Data availability: The authors do not have permission to share data.This paper examines the impact o...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
Burning of fossil fuels, using child labor or failing of internal control procedures are just a few ...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
This study aims to assess the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings on the c...
This study aims to assess the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings on the c...
The increasing interest in firms' ESG activities among investors has led to different attempts of me...
Using legitimacy and institutional theories, this study investigates whether lending institutions re...
Using legitimacy and institutional theories, this study investigates whether lending institutions re...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...
This thesis investigates how the disclosure of ESG performance affect the cost of capital, segregate...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become increasingly relevant within the fin...
Data availability: The authors do not have permission to share data.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Th...
Data availability: The authors do not have permission to share data.This paper examines the impact o...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
Burning of fossil fuels, using child labor or failing of internal control procedures are just a few ...
This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and capital structure, ...
This study aims to assess the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings on the c...
This study aims to assess the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings on the c...
The increasing interest in firms' ESG activities among investors has led to different attempts of me...
Using legitimacy and institutional theories, this study investigates whether lending institutions re...
Using legitimacy and institutional theories, this study investigates whether lending institutions re...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...
This thesis investigates how the disclosure of ESG performance affect the cost of capital, segregate...
Using an up-to-date international sample of firms, we study whether corporate sustainability(proxied...