Menicacci, Luca; Simoni, Lorenzo - In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 15 (2024) 7, pp. 1-33
Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of negative media coverage of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in deterring tax avoidance. Inspired by media agenda-setting theory and legitimacy theory, this study hypothesises that an increase in ESG negative media coverage...