Evaluation and analysis of influencing factors on the quality of carbon disclosure:An empirical study of CDP in China

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    摘要 Thepurposeofthispaperistoevaluatethequalityofcorporatecarbondisclosureandtoanalyzeitsinfluencingfactors.Withthehand-collectedcarboninformationfromannualreports,socialresponsibilityreports,sustainabilityreportsandopenedCDPquestionnairesofthesampleof100ChinesecompaniesinvestigatedbyCDPfrom2008-2011,thequalityofcarbondisclosureisdefinedbyevaluatingindicatorsobtainedfromfactoranalysis,anditsinfluencingfactorsarestudiedfromthreeaspectsincludingcompanycharacteristics,financialfeaturesandcorporategovernancebymeansofcorrelation,differencescomparisonandregressionanalyses.FindingsshowthatthequalityofChinesecompanies’carbondisclosureismainlyaffectedbycompanycharacteristics(suchastheemissioncharacteristicsofone’sindustryandduallisted)andcorporategovernance(suchasownershipconcentration),butinperspectiveoffinancialfeatures,thereseemstobelittlerelationbetweenthedisclosurequalityandfinancingmotivations.ThepracticalimplicationofthepaperistohelpChinesecompaniesfindouteffectivewaystoimprovecarbondisclosurequality.Thepapercontributestocarbondisclosureliteraturebyexplainingtheconnotationofcarboninformation,providingasetofevaluationindicatorsofcarbondisclosureandexploringtheinfluencingfactorsfromvariousperspectives.
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    出处 《生态经济:英文版》 2014年2期
    出版日期 2014年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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