Moderating role of ESG disclosures and its impact on firm financial performance
Mohd Merajuddin Inamdar
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2024, vol. 97, issue C
Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and corporate disclosures and its affects on financial position of the firm. The study is based on India’s listed companies which disclosed the ESG variable over the last decade. We examine the five measures of financial performance and firm ESG disclosures. In addition to financial performance measures as response variables, this study uses of Piotroski F scores as a proxy for financial position is unique and novel approach in sustainable finance research. The results show the social disclosures have positive significant affect on firm financial position. Firm value, valuation of the stock and cost of capital. The study will help regulators to strengthen the ESG disclosures and for investors it gives insight about the relationship between ESG disclosure and financial performance of a firms.
Keywords: ESG disclosures; Firm positions; Firm performance; TobinQ; Profitability; WACC; Piotroski F scores (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G15 G19 M14 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101892
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