Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate debt-like compensation and the value of excess cash holdings. Design/methodology/approach: The environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure score provided by Bloomberg is used as a proxy for the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether institutional quality influences the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) relationship. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a large sample of 814 European firms from roughly 2008 to 2017. In order...

Purpose Prior studies mostly tested the association between carbon emissions and firm value in certain contexts. This study aims to advance the existing literature by concentrating on three indicators of greening in corporations namely resource use, emissions and eco-innovation, and examining...