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- 26 Jul 2023106cites
ESG Reputation Risk Matters: An Event Study Based on Social Media Data
The paper examines the influence of social media on shareholders' reactions to Environmental, Social, and Governance-related reputational risks, revealing a significant decrease in abnormal returns after an ESG-risk event.
arXiv
- 2 Apr 202553cites
Articulate AnyMesh: Open-Vocabulary 3D Articulated Objects Modeling
3D Object Modeling: Articulate Anymesh is a framework that transforms any rigid 3D mesh into an articulated object, aiding in the acquisition of new object manipulation skills in robotics.
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- 25 Oct 202317cites
The Evolution of US Retail Concentration
Retail concentration in the U.S. has grown from 1992 to 2012 due to multi-market firms expanding, contributing to a third of the increase in retail gross margins.
arXivIn American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
- 13 Sep 202510cites
Environmental Performance, Financial Constraints, and Tax Avoidance Practices: Insights from FTSE All-Share Companies
Research shows that firms with better environmental performance, especially those under financial stress, are more likely to evade taxes, based on a study of 567 FTSE All Share listed companies from 2014 to 2022.
arXivIn Entropy
- 24 Jul 20249cites
A Mean Field Game approach for pollution regulation of competitive firms
The article uses a model to study the effect of cap-and-trade pollution regulation on competitive firms. It finds that the level of competition greatly affects the economic outcomes of such regulation.
arXiv
- 24 Apr 20248cites
Revisiting Granular Models of Firm Growth
The paper explores firm growth models, presenting new theoretical and empirical findings on firm size and growth rates, and suggesting a lack of understanding about the mechanisms driving firm growth.
arXiv
- 1 Jun 20238cites
Parameter Estimation Methods of Required Rate of Return on Stock
New estimation methods introduced for required rate of returns on equity and liabilities of private and public companies using stochastic DDM, applied to S&P 500 firms over 32 years.
arXivIn International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance
- 18 Dec 20246cites
Digital technologies and performance incentives: evidence from businesses in the Swiss economy
The study reveals that Swiss firms that are more open to digital technologies tend to use performance incentives more often.
arXivIn Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
- 19 Jul 20236cites
Datalism and Data Monopolies in the Era of A.I.: A Research Agenda
Datalism and Data Monopolies: The emergence of data monopolies, firms that dominate data usage in their operations, is challenging the traditional concepts in Monopoly Capital Theory.
arXiv
- 5 Jul 20236cites
Revealing production networks from firm growth dynamics
Firm growth rates are correlated through a common factor, but supply chain-linked firms have a stronger correlation, allowing for reconstruction of the supply chain network using Gaussian Markov Models.
arXiv
- 18 Jun 20255cites
Asymmetric price adjustment over the business cycle
Research indicates that small price changes asymmetry varies with the business cycle, with more asymmetry during low unemployment periods, implying firms' pricing behavior is influenced by the economy.
arXiv
- 15 Jan 20255cites
Russian Financial Statements Database: A firm-level collection of the universe of financial statements
The Russian Financial Statements Database (RFSD) is an open-source collection of annual financial statements from all active Russian firms from 2011-2023, offering data improvements and various economic applications.
arXivIn Scientific Data
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- 16 Jan 20260cites
Technology Adoption and Network Externalities in Financial Systems: A Spatial-Network Approach
This study develops a framework to analyze how technology spreads in financial networks, uncovering the dynamics of adoption and the effects of firm traits.
arXiv
- 28 Dec 20252cites
Investigating the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Relationship A Bibliometric Analysis Using Keyword-Ensemble Community Detection
The paper explores how corporate governance relates to sustainability, emphasizing the need to consider stakeholder interests in long-term responsibility practices.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 28 Dec 20251cites
Stochastic Social Preferences and Corporate Investment Decisions
Investor preferences affect firms' green investments, potentially slowing down the transition to sustainable practices.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 1 Dec 202561shares
Gender Diversity's Effect on Firm Risk
This research indicates that having more women in a company's leadership improves risk management, especially in uncertain times.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 1 Dec 20251cites
Strategic bid response under automated market power mitigation in electricity markets
A study on electricity markets found that many firms altered bids to dodge penalties, but the measures' overall effectiveness remains questionable, suggesting the need for stricter regulations.
arXivIn Energy Economics
- 27 Oct 20252cites
De-Risking Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Qualitative Study of Investment Dynamics in Angola
DFIs attract and reduce risk for foreign investors in Angola, but lasting gains need stronger local governance and policy reforms.
arXiv
- 27 Oct 20250cites
Towards a feminist understanding of digital platform work
A feminist analysis shows platform work causes precarity, surveillance, blurred work–life boundaries, and colonial legacies, and calls for participatory governance and structural reform.
arXiv
- 9 Oct 20250cites
Gas supply shocks, uncertainty and price setting: evidence from Italian firms
The study shows that Italian firms' pricing and inflation expectations are significantly affected by natural gas price shocks, especially during the post-COVID period due to supply disruptions from Russia's Ukraine invasion.
arXiv
- 13 Sep 202510cites
Environmental Performance, Financial Constraints, and Tax Avoidance Practices: Insights from FTSE All-Share Companies
Research shows that firms with better environmental performance, especially those under financial stress, are more likely to evade taxes, based on a study of 567 FTSE All Share listed companies from 2014 to 2022.
arXivIn Entropy
- 29 Aug 20250cites
Identifying Risk Variables From Raw ESG Data Using Its Hierarchical Structure
The research introduces a Hierarchical Variable Selection algorithm that outperforms traditional methods in identifying relevant ESG variables for corporate risk assessment.
arXiv
- 29 Aug 20253cites
Carbon Disclosure Effect, Corporate Fundamentals, and Net-zero Emission Target: Evidence from China
A study using AI tools reveals that comprehensive carbon emissions disclosure positively affects the financial performance of Chinese A-share listed companies, emphasizing the significance of carbon transparency in financial markets.
arXiv
- 20 Aug 20251cites
Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions
A study shows that products are grouped into textiles, chemicals and food, and machinery and metals, with Europe and China controlling key intermediate products.
arXiv
- 17 Jul 20250cites
From Revolution to Ruin: An Empirical Analysis Yemen's State Collapse
Economic and Institutional Impact: The 2011 revolution and civil war in Yemen led to a significant economic and institutional decline, with a decrease in output and income, a deterioration in investment and trade openness, and a collapse in governance metrics.
arXiv
- 3 Jul 20250cites
Digital Transformation and the Restructuring of Employment: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms
Chinese companies' digital transformation is changing job structures, increasing the need for managerial and technical roles and decreasing manual labor demand.
arXiv
- 25 Jun 20250cites
The FMA indicator: An index based exclusively on dividends
The article introduces a technical analysis approach that uses dividends to predict a share's lifetime price range.
SSRNFeatured 3×
- 25 Jun 202532shares
Operational Flexibility Impact on Firm Risk
The paper shows that operational flexibility reduces implied volatility and equity cost, based on the introduction of an exit option.
SSRNFeatured 3×
- 25 Jun 2025660shares
IRS Officials' Trades
IRS officials' personal stock trades yield positive abnormal returns and are linked to future tax enforcement outcomes for the invested firms.
SSRNFeatured 3×
- 18 Jun 20255cites
Asymmetric price adjustment over the business cycle
Research indicates that small price changes asymmetry varies with the business cycle, with more asymmetry during low unemployment periods, implying firms' pricing behavior is influenced by the economy.
arXiv
- 11 Jun 20253shares
Firm Linkages
The new Characteristic Vector Linkages (CVLs) method estimates firm linkages and constructs profitable momentum spillover trading strategies, with Quantum Cognition Machine Learning outperforming Euclidean similarity.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 4 Jun 20252shares
Intangible Intensity & Performance
The study examines the link between intangible asset intensity and abnormal net hiring in U.S. firms, finding a positive correlation with both intangible asset intensity and annual intangible investment.
SSRN
- 4 Jun 20252shares
Predicting S&P 500 Trajectories
The 3MR Reactive Valuation Model is introduced as a dynamic, retrospective alternative to the dividend discount model, explaining how investors value earnings without using the discounting approach.
SSRN
- 30 May 20253shares
Temperature Exposure and Firms' Green Revenues
The research investigates the impact of temperature anomalies on firm-level risk, concluding that temperature beta affects firms' productivity, profitability, and cash flows, and that stocks with high temperature betas yield higher risk-adjusted returns.
SSRNFeatured 3×
- 30 May 20253shares
Corporate Finance Monte Carlo Simulation
Monte Carlo Simulation is used to predict a company's financial outcomes for various events, with exotic derivatives offering new ways to reduce capital costs and increase shareholder return.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 30 May 20253shares
Public Disclosures and Capital
The research analyzes firms' disclosure decisions and investors' incentives, concluding that the current equilibrium is socially inefficient.
SSRN
- 21 May 20253shares
Biodiversity Risk
Current methods of measuring a firm's impact on biodiversity are flawed due to incomplete data, inconsistent methodologies, and lack of understanding.
SSRNFeatured 2×
- 14 May 20252cites
Internal Carbon Price and Firm Performance
The adoption of internal carbon pricing (ICP) decreases future profitability and stock returns but increases firm valuation, showing investor value in sustainability commitment.
SSRN
- 14 May 20251cites
Corporate Environmental Governance: A Global Study of Internal Carbon Pricing
The paper investigates the factors influencing the adoption of internal carbon pricing among publicly listed firms in 54 countries.
SSRN
- 14 May 20255shares
Global Skyscraper Determinants
Autocratic governance and inter-city competition significantly impact skyscraper development, with autocratic nations more likely to have taller skyscrapers.
SSRN
- 14 May 20250cites
Multi-level Governance, Smart Meter Adoption, and Utilities' Energy Efficiency Savings in the U.S
A study on smart meter adoption in the US shows that federal funding and state legislative actions positively impact adoption and energy efficiency savings, emphasizing the need for multi-level governance in policy integration.
arXiv
- 7 May 20252shares
Human Capital in VC
Venture capital partners with diverse backgrounds are more likely to lead high-risk, innovative investments, which have a higher chance of major success or failure, highlighting their role in screening and enhancing firm performance.
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