{"title":"CSR disclosure, political risk and market quality: Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine conflict","authors":"Danjue Clancey-Shang , Chengbo Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100938","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we investigate the divergence in market quality between high-ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and low-ESG firms in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With an event-study approach, we find that better CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance alleviates the market quality deterioration following the outbreak of the war for US-listed foreign firms. Such an effect is insignificant for US domestic firms. We also find that foreign firms experience more pronounced market quality deterioration compared to their US counterparts. Our findings align with the resiliency hypothesis regarding the link between CSR and financial performance, supporting that better CSR performance is associated with improved information transparency.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46907,"journal":{"name":"Global Finance Journal","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 100938"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Finance Journal","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044028324000103","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this study, we investigate the divergence in market quality between high-ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and low-ESG firms in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With an event-study approach, we find that better CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance alleviates the market quality deterioration following the outbreak of the war for US-listed foreign firms. Such an effect is insignificant for US domestic firms. We also find that foreign firms experience more pronounced market quality deterioration compared to their US counterparts. Our findings align with the resiliency hypothesis regarding the link between CSR and financial performance, supporting that better CSR performance is associated with improved information transparency.
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Global Finance Journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and techniques among academicians and practitioners and, thereby, advances applied research in global financial management. Global Finance Journal publishes original, creative, scholarly research that integrates theory and practice and addresses a readership in both business and academia. Articles reflecting pragmatic research are sought in areas such as financial management, investment, banking and financial services, accounting, and taxation. Global Finance Journal welcomes contributions from scholars in both the business and academic community and encourages collaborative research from this broad base worldwide.