2019
DOI: 10.3390/su11020300
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Analyst Following, Environmental Disclosure and Cost of Equity: Research Based on Industry Classification

Abstract: Prior studies argue that an analyst is an important mediator between a firm and investors, and has a significant influence on the cost of equity. However, how analyst following influences the cost of equity has not been studied in depth. In the Chinese setting, where environmental information has attracted much attention, we explore the interaction among analyst following, environmental information disclosure, and cost of equity. With two linear regression methods of ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-Stage … Show more

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“…Choosing an excellent supplier can improve product quality control, obtain more compelling information, and reduce the production of non-compliant products and waste of resources. Some enterprises adopt the method of pollution first, regardless of the adverse impact on the environment in the future, and do not consider the long-term business development (Yao and Liang 2019). The target is relatively limited and short term.…”
Section: The Intrinsic Link Of Circular Economy Value Chain and Envirmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Choosing an excellent supplier can improve product quality control, obtain more compelling information, and reduce the production of non-compliant products and waste of resources. Some enterprises adopt the method of pollution first, regardless of the adverse impact on the environment in the future, and do not consider the long-term business development (Yao and Liang 2019). The target is relatively limited and short term.…”
Section: The Intrinsic Link Of Circular Economy Value Chain and Envirmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This influence is more obvious in firms with high levels of financial opaqueness than those with low financial opaqueness. Our study contributes to the research on the economic consequences of nonfinancial CSR disclosure [79]. In addition, the effect of CSR disclosure on FC is greater when the company faces stronger financial constraints.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…There has been wide range of problems with corporate behaviour, which has arguably led to prominence being given to sustainability responsibility [58]. Part of this effect is to recognise the concerns of all stakeholders to an organisation, and this has been researched by many people (for example, [59,60,61,62,63,64,65] with inconclusive findings.…”
Section: Sustainability Governance Reporting and Economic Value Addedmentioning
confidence: 99%