Annual Conference

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Real Estate and Urban Economics

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May 2024

Individual Investors' Housing Income and Interest Rates Fluctuations

Antonio GARGANO, Marco GIACOLETTI
We study the relationship between the level of interest rates and the share of individuals who own rental properties. Using unique tax filing data from Australia, we show that declines in interest rates over the period between 2006 and 2019 have coincided with a substantial increase in the share of ...
Keywords: Household Income, Landlords, Interest Rates, Homeownership
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Annual Conference

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Accounting

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May 2024

Navigating Emission Reduction: The Interaction of Disclosure Regulation and Institutional Support in China

Serene Qian HUANG, Hai LU, Yue ZHANG
We examine the impact of a disclosure regulation on corporate carbon emissions and the critical factors that influence its efficacy. In 2021, the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) introduced a disclosure regulation which requires all public firms to create and report their ESG activiti...
Keywords: disclosure regulation, carbon emissions, ESG, real effects
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Annual Conference

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Accounting

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May 2024

The Spillover Effects of Environmental Lawsuits on Industry Peers

Xia CHEN, Qiang CHENG, Xuefan PENG, Ziliang ZHAN
We examine the spillover effects of high-profile environmental lawsuits on industry peers. We find that compared to control firms, industry peers experience a decrease in chemical releases after the lawsuits. Industry peers, especially those with a higher decrease in chemical releases, also experien...
Keywords: Environmental lawsuits, peer effects, ESG disclosures, firm performance
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Annual Conference

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Accounting

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May 2024

Check the Box: Does Information on the Existence of Public Climate Disclosure Reduce Federal Suppliers' Emissions?

Shushu JIANG, Rachel Xi ZHANG
We examine whether suppliers reduce emissions when their federal customers start requesting information on the existence of their public climate disclosure. In 2016, the U.S. federal government implemented the first climate-related contractual provision through FAR 52.223-22, which requires certain ...
Keywords: Sustainable Federal Procurement, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Disclosure, Disclosure Processing Costs, Supply Chain Contracting
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Annual Conference

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Accounting

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May 2024

The Effect of Mandatory Carbon Disclosure Along Global Supply Chains

Jin DENG, Mingyi HUNG, Shiheng WANG
We examine whether and how mandatory carbon disclosure affects the transmission of carbon emissions through a firm’s global supply chain. Our analysis uses the 2013 UK carbon disclosure regulation that requires the reporting of Scopes 1 and 2 emissions (from firms’ own activities and purchased e...
Keywords: Mandatory carbon disclosure, Supply chains, Greenhouse gas emissions
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