Csillag J., Balázs and Granát, Marcell and Neszveda, Gábor (2022) Media Attention to Environmental Issues and ESG Investing. FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REVIEW, 21 (4). pp. 129-149. ISSN 2415-9271
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Abstract
We analyse how ESG scores affect future returns when environmental issues receive higher media coverage. Investors might take environmental aspects into account if they are confronted with the issue of global warming more frequently in the press. We assess the prevalence of environmental issues in the media with a machine learning-based Structural Topic Modelling (STM) methodology, using a news archive published in the USA. Running Fama-MacBeth regressions, we find that in periods when the media actively report on environmental issues, ESG scores have a significant negative impact on future returns, whereas, in months when fewer such articles are published, investors do not take sustainability measures into account, and ESG scores have no explanatory power.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ESG, environmental issues, investors’ attention, Structural Topic Model, Fama-MacBeth regression |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GE Environmental Sciences / környezettudomány H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > HG Finance / pénzügy |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2023 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2023 11:38 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/156182 |
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