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What drives stock market reactions to greenwashing? An event study of European companies
Dorfleitner, Gregor
, Eckberg, Jens
, Utz, Sebastian
and Brehm, Teresa
(2025)
What drives stock market reactions to greenwashing? An event study of European companies.
Finance Research Letters 86 (Part F), p. 108795.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 29 Oct 2025 05:33
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78029
Abstract
This study examines stock market reactions in response to 296 greenwashing events involving STOXX Europe 600 companies. The results indicate that companies with the lowest total assets in our sample experience negative cumulative abnormal returns. Financially material cases, which are likely to affect company performance through legal and investor-related consequences, also lead to negative ...
This study examines stock market reactions in response to 296 greenwashing events involving STOXX Europe 600 companies. The results indicate that companies with the lowest total assets in our sample experience negative cumulative abnormal returns. Financially material cases, which are likely to affect company performance through legal and investor-related consequences, also lead to negative market reactions. Compliance-related allegations trigger the most consistent negative market reactions compared to other types of allegations. We also find evidence of moderating effects, with ESG reputation shaping the extent of market reactions. The findings highlight that market reactions to greenwashing are highly context-dependent, reflecting company size, industry, ESG scores, and the characteristics of the allegation.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Finance Research Letters | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | DEAL (Elsevier) | ||||
| Volume: | 86 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | Part F | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 108795 | ||||
| Date | 31 October 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Finanzierung (Prof. Dr. Gregor Dorfleitner) | ||||
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| Keywords | Greenwashing, Stock market, Event study, Financial performance, Cumulative average abnormal returns | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780292 | ||||
| Item ID | 78029 |
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