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A comparative and conceptual intellectual study of environmental topic in economic and finance

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posted on 2023-11-13, 14:00 authored by Meilan Yan, Youwei Li, Athanasios A Pantelous, Samuel A Vigne, Dalu Zhang

We aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future development of environmental related topics in Economics and Finance. In this regard, Environmental Finance (EF)- and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-related literature is collected and analysed. The paper draws chronical pictures of the topic development in these two recently developed fields by applying bibliometric methods. Then, we provide a novel systemic comparison on their main differences. Reviewing the top journal publications, we identify literature gaps for a future research agenda. In particular, on the one hand, for EF, we suggest exploring various financial innovations to generate environmental benefits research, and thus building up efficient regulatory framework for addressing major regional and/or global environmental issues. On the other hand, for ESG, we respectively provide potential research directions to conduct the cost-benefit study on the real impact of ESG disclosure and to evaluate how ESG investment strategy efficiently deliver sustainable development.

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School of Business, University of Leicester

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International Review of Financial Analysis

Volume

91

Pagination

103023

Publisher

Elsevier BV

issn

1057-5219

Copyright date

2023

Available date

2023-11-13

Language

en

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