学术讲座
主 题: Common institutional ownership and corporate carbon emissions (共同机构所有权与企业碳排放)
主讲人:西南财经大学会计学院 雷雷
主持人:西南财经大学会计学院 刘洋
时 间:2024年10月15日(周二)10:00—11:00
地 点:诚正楼 650室
主办单位:新时代中国特色财务与会计理论创新与方法体系研究团队 数字经济重大基础理论与实践创新研究团队 会计学院 科研处
主讲人简介:雷雷,西南财经大学会计学院副教授,硕士生导师。本科毕业于西南财经大学经济与管理研究院,博士毕业于纽约城市大学巴鲁克学院。主要研究方向为气候金融、公司治理、机构投资者等。先后在国内外期刊发表论文数篇,参与编写多本专著与教材。
摘要:There has been a growing interest in comparative work, exploring when and why firms embark on green paths. It has been concluded that in national contexts where intra-firm ties are stronger, progress has been stronger. In turn, this raises the question as to the impact of intra-firm ties within, rather than between, national contexts, and in settings where progress towards renewables has been uneven and contested. Accordingly, we explore how common institutional ownership may foster collaboration among firms within the same industry against climate change. Using the sample of US-listed firms from 2006 to 2019, we obtain robust evidence that firms with industrial peers that are owned by the same institutional investors have lower carbon emissions. In addition, we find that a threshold exists in which the impact on carbon emissions holds only when firms are commonly connected with a substantial number of peers. The existence of this threshold suggests potential free-riding issues and highlights the beneficial role of investors in promoting cross-industry collaboration. Overall, our results highlight the role played by institutional investors in tackling climate issues, with important implications for both climate- and antitrust-related regulations.
近年来,比较研究对于探讨企业何时以及为何走上绿色发展之路有着日益增长的兴趣。这些研究得出的结论是,在企业内部联系更为紧密的国家背景下,有关进展更为显著。反过来,这引申出一个关键问题,即在国家内部而非国家之间,以及在可再生能源进展不均衡和有争议的环境中,企业内部联系的影响如何。因此,我们探讨了共同机构所有权是否以及如何促进同一行业内企业之间的合作以对抗气候变化。通过使用2006年至2019年美国上市公司的样本,我们发现被相同机构投资者持有的同行企业具有较低的碳排放量。此外,我们发现存在一个阈值,即当企业与大量同行被共同持有时,共同机构所有权对碳排放的影响才存在。这个阈值的存在表明行业内存在着搭便车问题,并强调了投资者在促进企业合作中的有益作用。总体而言,我们的结果突出了机构投资者在应对气候问题中所扮演的角色,对气候和反垄断相关法规都有重要的启示。