Gu, Yan and Ho, Kung-Cheng and Yan, Cheng and Gozgor, Giray (2021) Public Environmental Concern, CEO Turnover, and Green Investment: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China. Energy Economics, 100. p. 105379. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105379
Gu, Yan and Ho, Kung-Cheng and Yan, Cheng and Gozgor, Giray (2021) Public Environmental Concern, CEO Turnover, and Green Investment: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China. Energy Economics, 100. p. 105379. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105379
Gu, Yan and Ho, Kung-Cheng and Yan, Cheng and Gozgor, Giray (2021) Public Environmental Concern, CEO Turnover, and Green Investment: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China. Energy Economics, 100. p. 105379. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105379
Abstract
We investigate the impact of public environmental concern (PEC) on corporate green investments from the perspective of CEO turnover using the extreme event of PM 2.5 surge at the end of 2011 in China as a quasi-natural experiment. Compared with non-heavily polluting companies, the probability of CEO turnover in heavily polluting ones has significantly increased amid the surge of PEC. Heavily polluting companies ease the pressure by increasing green investment. In addition to the hard regulative measures such as environmental regulations, the PEC as a form of soft regulation also makes corporate management more focused on environmental responsibility.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Public environmental concern; ESG; CEO turnover; Smog; Extreme event |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2021 10:15 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:39 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30545 |
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