Economic policy uncertainty, stakeholder engagement, and environmental, social, and governance practices: The moderating effect of competition

dc.contributor.authorVural-Yavaş, Çiğdem
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-11T10:32:16Z
dc.date.available2020-09-11T10:32:16Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentFakülteler, İşletme Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret ve Finans Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstracthis paper investigates the effect of the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on corporate environmental, social, and governance practices (ESG), using 6,562 firm-year observations from 15 developed European countries covering the period from 2004 to 2017. The results show that during periods of high uncertainty, firms increase their overall ESG performance, corporate environmental performance, and performance in governance. The relationship is valid for emission, resource use, workforce, management, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy subdimensions of ESG. Furthermore, during periods of high uncertainty, firms operating in concentrated industries increase their overall ESG activities and corporate environmental performance. These results suggest that firms use ESG practices as risk-reducing activities like insurance, during high periods of uncertainty. Overall, consistent with the stakeholder theory, the results indicate that firms increase their ESG practices not only to reduce corporate risk-taking but also to follow value-increasing activities during periods of high uncertainty, implying an improved stakeholder engagement.en_US
dc.identifier.citation62
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/csr.2034en_US
dc.identifier.issn1535-3958en_US
dc.identifier.issn1535-3966en_US
dc.identifier.issn1535-3958
dc.identifier.issn1535-3966
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85089964772en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3382
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2034
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000564109300001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.institutionauthorVural-Yavaş, Çiğdemen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Managementen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCompetitionen_US
dc.subjectEconomic policy uncertaintyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmentalen_US
dc.subjectESGen_US
dc.subjectEuropeen_US
dc.subjectGovernance performanceen_US
dc.subjectSocialen_US
dc.subjectStakeholder engagementen_US
dc.titleEconomic policy uncertainty, stakeholder engagement, and environmental, social, and governance practices: The moderating effect of competitionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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