The resilience of green firms in the twirl of COVID-19: Evidence from S&P500 Carbon Efficiency Index with a Fourier approach

KOÇAK E., Bulut U., Menegaki A. N.

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.32-45, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/bse.2872
  • Dergi Adı: BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.32-45
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carbon Efficiency Index, COVID-19, government response, green investment, stakeholder engagement, sustainable development, GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, STOCK-MARKET CONTAGION, UNIT-ROOT TEST, OIL-PRICE, UNKNOWN NUMBER, FEAR INDEX, COINTEGRATION, VOLATILITY, TESTS, BREAKS
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper investigates the resilience of environmentally friendly companies in an overwhelming economic and social environment that has been generated after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. To this respect, we have investigated the cointegration between the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Carbon Efficiency Index (CEI) with COVID-19 cases, supplemented with covariates such as government response stringency to the pandemic, economic policy uncertainty, oil prices and global markets fluctuations. We have used daily data from 2nd January to 5th October 2020 and have employed a robust estimator within a Fourier approach to accommodate both sharp and smooth breaks. Our results suggest that green companies have been positively affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. Our paper provides practical implications for companies that wish to furnish themselves with resilience during rough times and stakeholders who wish to invest in safe, long-lasting returns.