Persistence in ESG and conventional stock market indices

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Luis Gil-Alana, Alex Plastun and Inna Makarenko
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Inna Makarenko: Sumy State University

Journal of Economics and Finance, 2022, vol. 46, issue 4, No 4, 678-703

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses R/S (Rescaled Range) analysis and fractional integration techniques to examine the persistence of two sets of 12 ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and conventional stock price indices from the MSCI ((Morgan Stanley Capital International) database over the period 2007–2020 for a large number of both developed and emerging markets. Both sets of results imply that there are no significant differences between the two types of indices in terms of the degree of persistence and its dynamic behaviour. However, higher persistence is found for the emerging markets examined (especially the BRICS, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), which suggests that they are less efficient and thus offer more opportunities for profitable trading strategies. Possible explanations for these findings include different type of companies’ ‘camouflage’ and ‘washing’ (green, blue, pink, social, and Sustainable Development Goals—SDG) in the presence of rather lax regulations for ESG reporting.

Keywords: Stock market; ESG; Persistence; Long Memory; R/S Analysis; Fractional Integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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