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Substance over symbolism: ESG disclosure, pricing efficiency, and firm market power

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Huijuan Sun
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Ziming Wang
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Fengyuan Xi *
DOI:10.1016/j.frl.2026.110624delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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• We split ESG disclosure into substantive and symbolic by text verifiability. • Substantive, not symbolic, ESG disclosure raises firm markups. • The effect runs through greater capital-market pricing efficiency. • Gains are larger under high institutional ownership and separation. • Substantive disclosure shows positive industry-level peer spillovers.

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Finance Research Letters cover
Finance Research Letters
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university of sydney
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Heilongjiang University of Finance and Economics
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nanjing university
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