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How cheap talk in climate disclosures relates to climate initiatives, corporate emissions, and reputation risk

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2024
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Bingler, J. A., Kraus, M., Leippold, M., & Webersinke, N. (2024). How cheap talk in climate disclosures relates to climate initiatives, corporate emissions, and reputation risk. Journal of Banking and Finance, 164, 107191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107191

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Navigating the complex landscape of corporate climate disclosures and their real impacts is crucial for managing climate-related financial risks. However, current disclosures oftentimes suffer from imprecision, inaccuracy, and greenwashing. We introduce ClimateBert CTI, a deep learning algorithm, to identify climate-related cheap talk in MSCI World index firms’ annual reports. We find that only targeted climate engagement is associated with less cheap talk. Voluntary climate disclosures are associated with more cheap talk. Moreover, c

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164

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107191

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Corporate climate disclosures, Voluntary reporting, Commitments, Greenhouse gas emissions, Negative news coverage, Textual analysis

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2024-07-01

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2024-09-23

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0378-4266

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Bingler, J. A., Kraus, M., Leippold, M., & Webersinke, N. (2024). How cheap talk in climate disclosures relates to climate initiatives, corporate emissions, and reputation risk. Journal of Banking and Finance, 164, 107191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107191

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