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Lukas Roth
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 39
Citations - 2414
Lukas Roth is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Creditor & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1554 citations. Previous affiliations of Lukas Roth include University of Utah & University of Bern.
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Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence
TL;DR: The authors assesses whether shareholders drive the environmental and social (E&S) performance of firms worldwide and finds that institutional ownership is positively associated with E&S performance with additional tests suggesting this relation is causal.
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Do Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Social Responsibility? International Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the role of institutional investors in firms' corporate social responsibility choices and the impact of social norms on these investors was explored using a decade of firm-level environmental and social (E&S) performance data from 41 countries.
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Political Rights and the Cost of Debt
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of country-level political rights on the cost of debt for corporate bonds issued by firms incorporated in 39 countries and found that a one standard deviation increase in political rights is associated with an 18.6% decline in bond spreads.
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Political rights and the cost of debt
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of country-level political rights on the cost of debt for corporate bonds issued by firms incorporated in 39 countries and found that a one standard deviation increase in political rights is associated with an 18.6% decline in bond spreads.
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Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate whether laws and regulations as well as votes cast by U.S. institutional investors are consistent with an effective shareholder voting process and find that there is greater dissent voting when investors fear expropriation.