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title: ESG Impact on Stock Prices
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4463862/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4463862
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4463862
featured: 2025-12-28
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# ESG Impact on Stock Prices

The paper reveals that green firms experience smaller stock price declines than brown firms when interest rates rise due to sustainability preferences.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4463862
- Identifier: SSRN 4463862
- Released: 2023-01-17
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 124 (2025-12-28): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-12-28/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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