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Georgios Serafeim
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 32
Citations - 4391
Georgios Serafeim is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Corporate social responsibility. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 32 publications receiving 3019 citations.
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What drives corporate social performance? The role of nation-level institutions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of nation-level institutions on firms' corporate social performance (CSP) using a sample of firms from 42 countries spanning seven years, and construct an annual composite CSP index for each firm, based on social and environmental metrics.
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Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific sustainability ratings and found that firms with good ratings on material sustainability issues significantly outperform firms with poor ratings on these issues.
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Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality
TL;DR: This paper developed a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry and developed a new materiality classifications of sustainability topics using newly available materiality classes.
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Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information, followed by client demand, product strategy, and then, ethical considerations.
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Does mandatory IFRS adoption improve the information environment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of mandatory IFRS adoption on firms' information environment and found that the improvement in the information environment is driven both by information and comparability effects.