Corporate sustainability and cost of equity capital: do managerial abilities matter?

Abdelmajid Hmaittane; Kais Bouslah; Bouchra M’Zali; Imane Ibariouen

doi:10.3390/su141811363

Corporate sustainability and cost of equity capital: do managerial abilities matter?

Abdelmajid Hmaittane^*, Kais Bouslah, Bouchra M’Zali, Imane Ibariouen

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This paper investigates whether a firm’s managerial ability affects the link between a firm’s cost of equity capital and corporate sustainability. We test our predictions by using a large U.S. sample of 17,389 firm-year observations. Our findings show that only when managerial ability is high, corporate sustainability significantly reduces a firm’s implied cost of equity capital. An important implication of our findings is that firms with high managerial abilities and limited sustainability commitment are encouraged to pursue or initiate more sustainability activities owing to their negative effect on a firm’s cost of equity capital.

Original language	English
Article number	11363
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	14
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811363
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2022

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Corporate sustainability
Managerial abilities
Implied cost of equity capital
CSR strengths
Financial crisis

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