The impact of environmental, social, and governance disclosure on firm value: the role of CEO power

Yiwei Li*, Mengfeng Gong, Xiu Ye Zhang, Lenny Koh

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    Abstract

    Using a large cross-sectional dataset comprising of FTSE 350 listed firms, this study investigates whether superior environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure affects firm value. We find a positive association between ESG disclosure level and firm value, suggesting that improved transparency and accountability and enhanced stakeholder trust play a role in boosting firm value. We also report that higher CEO power enhances the ESG disclosure effect on firm value, indicating that stakeholders associate ESG disclosure from firms with higher CEO power with greater commitment to ESG practice. This evidence is strong and consistent for three different measures of ESG-related disclosure: the ESG, environmental and social disclosure scores. The results are robust to the use of an instrumental variable approach, and the Heckman two-stage estimation procedure.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)60-75
    Number of pages16
    JournalBritish Accounting Review
    Volume50
    Issue number1
    Early online date23 Sept 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

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