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- Title
Corporate pollution and reputational exposure.
- Authors
Chortareas, Georgios; Kou, Fangyuan; Ventouri, Alexia
- Abstract
We study the empirical association between corporate pollution and reputational exposure using a sample of 745 U.S. firms from 2007 to 2019 and an ordered probit model. Our results reveal an inverse relationship between chemical emissions and reputational exposure rating, after controlling for various firm attributes. We examine the roles of corporate governance structure and the demographic background of the top management team in the transmission process from polluting chemical emissions to reputation. Further, the negative impact of corporate pollution on reputational exposure rating is much stronger in areas where residents are convinced that climate change is happening. We perform several tests and analyses designed to mitigate endogeneity issues and correct sample bias to ensure the robustness of our findings. Finally, our results suggest that the negative effect is stronger for companies with higher information asymmetry, which indicates the importance of information transparency for firms' credibility.
- Subjects
CORPORATE image; SENIOR leadership teams; POLLUTION; EMISSION exposure; CORPORATE governance; INFORMATION asymmetry
- Publication
Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 2, p149
- ISSN
0963-8008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fmii.12190