ESG and aggregate disagreement

IF 5.4 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money Pub Date : 2024-03-23 DOI:10.1016/j.intfin.2024.101972

Di Luo , Hisham Farag

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Abstract

This paper investigates the role of aggregate disagreement in the relationship between environmental, social, and governance ( $ESG$ ) scores and future stock returns in the United States (US), European Union (EU), and United Kingdom (UK). We find that firms with high $ESG$ scores are likely to have higher exposure to aggregate disagreement than firms with low $ESG$ scores because of the divergence of opinions about long-term earnings growth. Consistent with our conjecture, the results suggest that when aggregate disagreement is high, a profitable trading strategy is to long firms with low $ESG$ scores and to short those with higher $ESG$ scores. Our results have clear implications for the growing debate over $ESG$ investment strategies.

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ESG 和总体分歧

本文研究了总体分歧在美国、欧盟和英国的环境、社会和治理（ESG）得分与未来股票回报之间关系中的作用。我们发现，与 ESG 分数低的公司相比，ESG 分数高的公司可能更容易受到总体分歧的影响，因为对长期盈利增长的看法存在分歧。与我们的猜想一致，结果表明，当总体分歧较大时，有利可图的交易策略是做多 ESG 分数较低的公司，做空 ESG 分数较高的公司。我们的结果对有关 ESG 投资策略的日益激烈的争论有明显的影响。

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Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money Multiple-

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6.60

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10.00%

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142

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