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ESG Risks, Opportunities, and Disclosures

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A growing number of firms are being evaluated by market participants on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, and firms and regulators react to this trend in many ways. This Special Issue seeks original theoretical and empirical research on ESG issues, including, but not limited to, ESG disclosures, ESG risks and cost of equity capital, corporate ESG reporting strategies, ESG and properties of analyst and management earnings forecasts, economic consequences of corporate adoption of an ESG strategy, ESG and CSR, ESG disclosures and firm characteristics, ESG activities and firm performance, ESG reporting around the world, ESG and sustainability, ESG and investment strategies, ESG and greenwashing, and ESG and corporate workforce diversity.

Prof. Dr. Eli Bartov
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Risk and Financial Management is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
  • Corportae Soicial Responsibility (CSR)
  • Disclosures
  • Firm performance
  • Workforce diversity
  • Firm characteristics
  • Greenwashing
  • Coportae strategy
  • ESG investing
  • Economic consequence.

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