Climate policy uncertainty and corporate environmental risk-taking

Yongwon Kim; Young Kyu Park; Doojin Ryu

doi:10.1016/j.frl.2025.107555

Climate policy uncertainty and corporate environmental risk-taking

Yongwon Kim
, Young Kyu Park
, Doojin Ryu

Department of Economics

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We examine the impact of climate policy uncertainty (CPU) on corporate environmental risk-taking and stock performance. Environmental incidents, especially those related to climate change, increase following high CPU periods. Furthermore, CPU lowers future stock returns, with a stronger effect following environmental incidents. We underscore the role of CPU in corporate risk-taking on environmental issues, which results in negative stock returns.

Original language	English
Article number	107555
Journal	Finance Research Letters
Volume	82
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.107555
State	Published - Sep 2025

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Climate change
Climate policy uncertainty
Environment
Stock return

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