Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance: ESG, Climate Risk, and Other Contemporary Issues, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN 2227-7072).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 May 2027 | Viewed by 85
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Interests: empirical corporate finance; M&A; innovation; risk management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corporate financial decision-making is being reshaped by forces that have intensified since our first edition. Firms now operate in an environment defined by accelerating physical climate risk, a fragmenting policy and regulatory landscape, the mainstreaming of nature- and biodiversity-related finance and the rapid diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) across financial functions. Even as some jurisdictions recalibrate sustainability-disclosure mandates, capital markets continue to reprice climate and transition risk and prudential regulators increasingly embed climate and nature risks into supervisory frameworks. Against this backdrop, the second edition of this Special Issue of IJFS seeks rigorous empirical and theory-grounded research on how firms create long-term value, manage emerging risks and adapt governance and financing strategies amid heightened uncertainty.
This Special Issue advances the frontier of corporate finance research by integrating sustainability, technological transformation and resilience. The scope of discussion includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Artificial intelligence, generative AI and machine learning in corporate financial decision-making and ESG data analytics;
- Physical climate risk, adaptation, resilience and the pricing of catastrophe and tail risk;
- Transition finance, decarbonization pathways and low-carbon technologies;
- Nature-related and biodiversity finance, TNFD adoption and natural-capital dependencies;
- ESG disclosure, assurance, greenwashing and evolving regulatory regimes;
- Capital structure, financial constraints and sustainability-linked debt and green/blue bonds;
- The impact of macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical fragmentation and climate policy on corporate finance;
- Other related contemporary topics.
We welcome a diverse range of submissions, including empirical studies, theoretical models with empirical validation and comprehensive literature reviews. We especially encourage research employing novel data sources (e.g., geospatial, satellite and AI-generated datasets) and interdisciplinary approaches, as well as collaboration between academics and industry professionals to enhance practical relevance.
Dr. Kai Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate risk and resilience
- artificial intelligence and machine learning in finance
- transition and green finance
- nature and biodiversity finance
- ESG disclosure and financial regulation
- corporate governance and sustainable value creation
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