Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence

<p dir="ltr">Using machine-learning-based measures for political and <u>climate risks </u>derived from corporate conference calls, we discover a link between the two in a large sample of US firms from 2002 to 2021. Our findings suggest that firms facing higher political r...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Shabeen Afsar Basha (22467505) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Ramzi Benkraiem (5854646) (author), Hamdi Ben-Nasr (18186820) (author), Abdullah-Al Masum (3608246) (author)
منشور في: 2025
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Corporate decision-making
Climate risk
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description <p dir="ltr">Using machine-learning-based measures for political and <u>climate risks </u>derived from corporate conference calls, we discover a link between the two in a large sample of US firms from 2002 to 2021. Our findings suggest that firms facing higher political risk are more susceptible to climate risk. Additionally, we find that a firm's emitter category <u>industry</u> classification and exposure to environmental litigation can exacerbate this situation, while <u>managerial ability</u> helps reduce the impact. Furthermore, political lobbying and donations effectively check corporate climate risk, but only under non-partisan conditions. Importantly, our findings are robust to concerns of reverse causality, sample selection bias, and measurement errors.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Review of Financial Analysis<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104282" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104282</a></p>
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spelling Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidenceShabeen Afsar Basha (22467505)Ramzi Benkraiem (5854646)Hamdi Ben-Nasr (18186820)Abdullah-Al Masum (3608246)EconomicsApplied economicsHuman societyPolitical scienceInformation and computing sciencesData management and data scienceMachine learningPolitical riskCorporate decision-makingClimate risk<p dir="ltr">Using machine-learning-based measures for political and <u>climate risks </u>derived from corporate conference calls, we discover a link between the two in a large sample of US firms from 2002 to 2021. Our findings suggest that firms facing higher political risk are more susceptible to climate risk. Additionally, we find that a firm's emitter category <u>industry</u> classification and exposure to environmental litigation can exacerbate this situation, while <u>managerial ability</u> helps reduce the impact. Furthermore, political lobbying and donations effectively check corporate climate risk, but only under non-partisan conditions. Importantly, our findings are robust to concerns of reverse causality, sample selection bias, and measurement errors.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Review of Financial Analysis<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104282" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104282</a></p>2025-05-03T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104282https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Does_political_risk_exacerbate_climate_risk_Firm-level_evidence/30406264CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/304062642025-05-03T06:00:00Z
spellingShingle Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
Shabeen Afsar Basha (22467505)
Economics
Applied economics
Human society
Political science
Information and computing sciences
Data management and data science
Machine learning
Political risk
Corporate decision-making
Climate risk
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title Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
title_full Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
title_fullStr Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
title_full_unstemmed Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
title_short Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
title_sort Does political risk exacerbate climate risk? Firm-level evidence
topic Economics
Applied economics
Human society
Political science
Information and computing sciences
Data management and data science
Machine learning
Political risk
Corporate decision-making
Climate risk