Article
Business, Finance
Kuo-Cheng Huang, Yu-Chun Wang
Summary: This study investigates the impact of reputation on a firm's likelihood to report corporate social responsibility activities. Findings suggest that after a firm violates security regulations and is punished, it is more likely to initiate CSR reporting, particularly for non-state-owned enterprises. In contrast, state-owned enterprises may prioritize political factors over economic factors.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Lv Wendai, Feng Jing, Li Bin
Summary: This paper examines the unique background of environmental information disclosure in domestic companies in heavy pollution industries (EHPIs) and investigates the impact of combining voluntary and mandatory disclosure. The study evaluates a sample of 4390 A-share listed companies in EHPIs operating in China between 2010 and 2018. The results demonstrate that CSR disclosure, higher quality CSR reports, increased environmental information disclosure in CSR reports, more accurate environmental investment information, and the use of additional graphs all have a positive impact on reducing equity capital costs. The findings provide guidelines for regulatory authorities to improve corporate governance and achieve environmental governance and sustainable development.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Xueji Liang, Lu Dai, Sujuan Xie
Summary: This study investigates the impact of board interlocks on firms' decisions regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting. The findings suggest that firms are influenced by their peer firms through board interlocks to adopt CSR reporting. Furthermore, the influence of board interlocks on CSR reporting is dependent on the status of the interlocking director, size of the linked CSR reporter, and performance implications of previous CSR activities.
SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT AND POLICY JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Shuyu Xue, Qi Chang, Jingwen Xu
Summary: We investigate the relationship between a firm's profitability and its voluntary and mandatory CSR disclosures. Our findings indicate that both voluntary and mandatory CSR disclosure negatively impact a firm's profitability, with voluntary disclosure having a stronger negative effect. Moreover, better corporate governance and financial condition weaken the negative effect of voluntary disclosure on profitability. We argue that firms voluntarily disclosing CSR aim to attract long-term investors, thus investing more in CSR activities and reducing profitability. Additionally, we find that firms with voluntary CSR disclosure attract more institutional investors, have higher stock returns, and raise more debt.
PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Business
Yvette Sterbenk, Sara Champlin, Kasey Windels, Summer Shelton
Summary: This study found that award-winning companies tend to make more internal efforts to support women, but there is no significant difference in external efforts or female leadership representation between companies with and without femvertising awards. The majority of award-winning companies participate in fewer gender-equality CSR activities, indicating a lack of alignment between their female empowerment commercials and broader CSR initiatives.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Mohan Fonseka, Grant Richardson
Summary: Studies have examined the effects of corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) and corporate social responsibility performance (CSRP) on firms' dividend decisions, but the findings are inconsistent, and no study has analyzed the joint effect of firms' CSRD and CSRP on their dividend decisions. China's CSRD regulations provide a unique opportunity to examine the separate and joint effects of mandatory CSRD regulations and CSRP on firms' dividend decisions. Our findings show that mandatory CSRD and CSRP have significant consequences for firms' dividend decisions.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Saeed Rabea Baatwah, Adel Ali Al-Qadasi, Amer Mohammed Al-Shehri, Imen Derouiche
Summary: This study demonstrates that COVID-19 has caused economic panic, leading to a greater focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) among people, governments, and businesses. The research conducted on Omani-listed firms reveals a significant increase in CSR budgeting and spending during the pandemic. Furthermore, the study finds a positive correlation between the increase in COVID-19 deaths and CSR budgeting, indicating that firms turn to CSR initiatives to mitigate the negative consequences of the pandemic.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Zhenkun Wang, Weijie Lu, Min Liu
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of CSR overinvestment on firm value, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions. The results indicate that companies purchasing CSR-overinvesting targets experience declining market reactions and deteriorating financial performance, but see significant improvement in CSR ratings and CEO pay. The adverse effects of CSR-overinvesting targets on M&A outcomes are more pronounced for acquiring firms with weak corporate governance or retiring CEOs.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Paolo Maccarrone, Anna Maria Contri
Summary: The study finds that a high degree of integration of CSR activities often requires intensive use of formal tools, with some interesting exceptions. Almost all CSR formalization elements play a positive role in the integration process of CSR into the overall corporate strategy.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mobin Fatma
Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine how consumers construct the CSR image of their banking company. Quantitative data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to bank customers. The study used structural equation modeling to test the proposed model. The findings show that altruistic values significantly affect corporate credibility and play a crucial role in the formation of CSR images by consumers.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Josine L. Janssen, Evgenia I. Lysova, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana N. Khapova
Summary: This study examines how employees experience meaningful work through reacting to their organizations' CSR initiatives. The findings suggest that the misalignment between employees' perception of CSR and its implementation limits their meaningful work experiences. However, employees engage in proactive behaviors such as reshaping work for impact, collectively enabling impact, creating a sense of belonging, and envisioning prosocial potential to infuse their work with meaning and navigate within the organizational structures.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Business
Yi Zhang
Summary: The study found that analyst coverage reduces corporate social responsibility decoupling, with a more pronounced effect on non-state-owned firms and firms with high information asymmetry. The results contribute to the literature on analyst coverage and determinants of CSR decoupling, suggesting that practitioners can mitigate CSR decoupling by leveraging the monitoring role of financial analysts in corporate governance.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Kais Bouslah, Abdelmajid Hmaittane, Lawrence Kryzanowski, Bouchra M'Zali
Summary: This paper examines the CSR structures of U.S. listed firms and reveals that most firms focus on a single CSR dimension, while some diversify across multiple dimensions. Furthermore, diversified CSR structures positively contribute to a firm's value, especially during the financial crisis.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yanbo Yu, Rui Li, Zonghua Ma, Meihong Han, Sen Zhang, Minghui Zhang, Youwen Qiu
Summary: In this study, a novel LAMP-TaqMan detection method was developed for quick qualitative detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This method showed high specificity and was able to detect target sequences with as few as five copies within approximately 20 minutes. It was successfully applied to amplify and detect DNA from food samples of major crops, offering a rapid approach for GMO detection in foods.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
A. Ahatovic, E. Al-Momani, K. Bajrovic, A. Durmic-Pasic
Summary: Since the commercialization of transgenic crops in 1996, the biotech crop planted area has continuously increased, with European consumers skeptical about transgenes. Continuous development and improvement of detection methods in food analytics is necessary, with real-time PCR methods showing clear advantages.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Isabel Urrutia, Goretty M. Dias, Jennifer Clapp
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jennifer Clapp
Summary: The growing use of chemical herbicides in modern industrial agriculture has significant environmental and health impacts on global agricultural systems, mainly due to the complex interplay among technological, market, and regulatory developments.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Esther Turnhout, Pamela McElwee, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Jennifer Clapp, Cindy Isenhour, Eszter Kelemen, Tim Jackson, Daniel C. Miller, Graciela M. Rusch, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Anthony Waldron
Summary: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges faced by the global economy, and the delays in the negotiations for the post-2020 global biodiversity agenda of the Convention on Biological Diversity have highlighted the urgency of rebuilding for biodiversity, sustainability, and well-being. Drawing on the findings of the IPBES, this policy perspective discusses actions in four priority areas to inform the post-2020 agenda, including increasing funding for conservation, redirecting incentives for sustainability, creating an enabling regulatory environment, and reforming metrics for assessing progress. Governments, along with businesses and civil society, play essential roles in guiding economic systems and must work together to implement actions that shift focus towards human and ecological well-being.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Jennifer Clapp, William G. Moseley, Barbara Burlingame, Paola Termine
Summary: This article argues for updating the definition of food security to include two additional dimensions proposed by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition: agency and sustainability. The article also shows that international policy guidance on the right to food already implies these dimensions, making it logical to adopt a six-dimensional framework for food security in policy and scholarly settings.
Article
Anthropology
Jennifer Clapp
Summary: The world has faced three global food crises in the last 50 years, all of which have exposed the vulnerability brought by extreme concentration in the global industrial food system. This contribution provides insights for the current debates on food system transformation agenda by tracing the origins of concentration in staple grains production and trade.
JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jennifer Clapp, S. Ryan Isakson
Summary: Financialized food systems and climate change adaptation are closely linked. Financial actors are investing in commodity futures and index products to benefit from volatile food prices caused by climate change. Financial products like weather-based insurance are also marketed to farmers to protect them from climate impacts. However, these measures can reinforce industrial agriculture and worsen social inequalities, contributing to climate change and vulnerability.
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Letter
Food Science & Technology
Jennifer Clapp, Bernard Lehmann, William Moseley, Hilal Elver, Patrick Webb
Article
Food Science & Technology
Jennifer Clapp
Summary: This article discusses the potential issues, implications, and mitigating measures of corporate concentration and power in global food systems, using the agricultural inputs industry as an example. Concentrated firms in this sector can shape markets, technology and innovation agendas, and policy and governance frameworks, impacting food system outcomes. Measures such as strengthening competition policies, supporting diverse food systems, and curbing corporate influence in policy processes are needed to ensure key goals for food systems are not undermined.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pamela McElwee, Esther Turnout, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Jennifer Clapp, Cindy Isenhour, Tim Jackson, Eszter Kelemen, Daniel C. Miller, Graciela Rusch, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Anthony Waldron, Rupert J. Baumgartner, Brent Bleys, Michael W. Howard, Eric Mungatana, Hien Ngo, Irene Ring, Rui Santos
Article
Anthropology
Jennifer Clapp, William G. Moseley
JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jennifer Clapp, Sarah-Louise Ruder
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2020)
Article
International Relations
Jennifer Clapp, Joseph Purugganan
Article
Economics
Jennifer Clapp
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
(2019)
Article
Development Studies
Jennifer Clapp, S. Ryan Isakson
DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
(2018)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jennifer Clapp
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Simon Rabaa, Robert Wilken, Sylvie Geisendorf
Summary: Energy efficiency measures are crucial for combating climate change, but rebound effects may undermine their effectiveness. This study finds that prior energy efficiency behavior does not hinder subsequent climate-friendly behavior, which is determined by individual demographics and environmental attitudes.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, Colleen Donovan
Summary: This study reassessed a previous study using a richer dataset and found that individuals with lower incomes are less likely to participate in cost-sharing programs, and even if they do participate, they contribute a lower share. This indicates potential economic equity concerns.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Daniel Rueb
Summary: This paper examines the distributional effects of the European Commission's Fit-for-55 package at the household level in seven EU countries and finds that a household-size specific lump-sum refund can mitigate the negative distributional effects of a carbon tax and reduce overall inequality.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Correction
Ecology
Anke Jacksohn, Miguel Angel Tovar Reanos, Frank Pothen, Katrin Rehdanz
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Pierre Chiaverina, Sophie Drogue, Florence Jacquet
Summary: This study investigates the impact of farmers' participation in different short food supply chains (SFSCs) on synthetic pesticide use and crop yields. The findings show that farmers who sell part of their crops through direct-to-consumer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides compared to those who sell through long food supply chains. However, there is no evidence that farmers involved in direct-to-retailer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides. Additionally, there is no indication that SFSC participation affects crop yields.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Kangyin Dong, Yang Liu, Jianda Wang, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: This study uses the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to explore the relationship between the digital economy and energy vulnerability in 110 economies. The findings suggest that the digital economy effectively reduces energy vulnerability, with digital infrastructure and social impact being the main contributors. Furthermore, the digital economy helps upgrade the industrial structure and financial development level, thereby reducing energy vulnerability. Additionally, the negative impact of the digital economy on energy vulnerability is more significant in regions with higher income levels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Romain Espinosa, Nicolas Treich
Summary: This study examines a simple model of consumption of animals with altruistic behavior towards animals. The model reveals a public good issue, where the market equilibrium leads to low quality and excessive quantity of animal lives when they are not worth living. The implications of the findings and the significance of the modeling choices for future economic research on animal welfare are discussed.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Arianna Buratto, Lorenzo Lotti
Summary: Finding ways to steer consumers towards vegetarian and plant-based meals is important for reducing the environmental impact of diets. In this study, we investigated the use of nudges in restaurants to increase sales of vegetarian and plant-based dishes. We found that removing symbols for these dishes increased sales, while adding a low emissions symbol had no effect. However, when the nudge was made transparent through a statement, sales significantly increased. These findings support the use of nudges as cost-effective interventions to address unsustainable food consumption in the hospitality sector.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Emmanuel Paroissien, Timothy K. M. Beatty, Antoine Nebout
Summary: This article provides empirical evidence that the opportunity cost of time explains the frequency of household food waste. The study found that proxies for the opportunity cost of time were positively correlated with the probability of reporting wasting food.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jefim Vogel, Gauthier Guerin, Daniel W. O'Neill, Julia K. Steinberger
Summary: This study explores the vulnerability of livelihoods to a reduction in economic output and introduces a novel analytic framework to describe their relationship. The study finds that the vulnerability is not inevitable but arises from insecurity in wage labor, adequate incomes, and pensions. These conditions are primarily due to profit maximization and neoliberal welfare and labor policies. The study identifies a range of interventions to overcome this vulnerability and make stringent environmental policies socially sustainable and politically palatable.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Franziska Dorn, Simone Maxand, Thomas Kneib
Summary: Understanding the interconnected nature of rising carbon emissions and income inequality is crucial to achieve social and ecological sustainability. The distributional copula model used in this study uncovers complex interdependencies that standard linear regression techniques might hide.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Darius Corbier, Frederic Gonand
Summary: The article investigates the macroeconomic channels of transmission of the low-carbon transition in two official scenarios for the French power system under different oil price scenarios. The results show that technical progress and substitution mechanisms can drive the decarbonization of the economy and growth, with energy demand and durable goods demand being the main transmission channels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gloria Amaris, Stepan Vesely, Stephane Hess, Christian A. Klockner
Summary: The study of human behavior is crucial for the development of policies for sustainability. It is important to consider the possibility of spillover effects in mathematical models, as exposure to related choices can influence subsequent behavior. Our study demonstrates the existence of these spillover effects and showcases the effectiveness of discrete choice models.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Sonia Almeida Neves, Antonio Cardoso Marques, Leonardo Batista de sa Lopes
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of European Union regulations on e-waste exports. The findings suggest that taxation is ineffective in reducing e-waste exports and may even increase them. Additionally, high dependence on foreign raw materials and sub-standard waste collection systems contribute to the increase in e-waste exports. Therefore, investing in e-waste collection facilities can better utilize the valuable resources in this waste.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gregor Semieniuk
Summary: Efforts to decouple economic growth from resource use and negative environmental impacts have yielded inconclusive results, partially due to the uncertainties in historical measurement arising from definitional changes to GDP. This study examines the impact of GDP vintages on decoupling results and finds that a significant number of countries switch between relative decoupling and recoupling, and that GDP vintages also affect environmental Kuznets curve results and the decline in global energy intensity. The inconsistencies in economic measurement introduce ambiguity into historical decoupling evidence and model projections into the future.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
