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Corporate ESG performance and stock pricing efficiency
This study investigates the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on stock pricing efficiency in China, using panel data on Chinese listed A-share firms from 2013 to 2022. We find that corporate ESG performance significantly improves stock pricing efficiency. This conclusion remains unchanged after a series of robustness tests. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that a smaller firm size, lower institutional investor shareholding, and lower audit fees lead to a stronger effect of ESG performance on stock pricing efficiency. Moreover, mechanism tests suggest that ESG performance can improve stock pricing efficiency by calming investor sentiment and mitigating information asymmetry problems.
期刊介绍:
The focus of the North-American Journal of Economics and Finance is on the economics of integration of goods, services, financial markets, at both regional and global levels with the role of economic policy in that process playing an important role. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical and policy-related papers that rely on data and the experiences of countries outside North America are also welcome. Papers should offer concrete lessons about the ongoing process of globalization, or policy implications about how governments, domestic or international institutions, can improve the coordination of their activities. Empirical analysis should be capable of replication. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to supply data and computer programs.