Business & Economics
; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:
We analyze the effect of CEO education on environmental decision-making. Using a unique sample of Danish firms from 1996 to 2012, we find that CEO education significantly improves firms' energy efficiency. We seek to derive causality using health shocks: the hospitalization of highly educated CEOs induces a drop in energy efficiency, whereas the hospitalization of less educated CEOs does not have any significant effect. Exploring the mechanisms at play, we show that our results are largely driven by advanced education in business degrees. Moreover, we show that CEO education is associated with greater environmental awareness: highly educated CEOs exhibit greater concerns for climate change, as measured by a survey of social preferences, and drive more environmentally efficient cars. Taken together, our findings suggest that education shapes managerial styles giving rise to greater sustainability in corporate actions. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
1.Bocconi Univ, Via Roentgen 1, I-20136 Milan, Italy 2.CEPR, Washington, DC USA 3.Univ Copenhagen, INSEAD, Blvd Constance, F-77305 Fontainebleau, France 4.Copenhagen Business Sch, Porcelaenshaven 16A, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark 5.Univ Copenhagen, Porcelaenshaven 16A, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Recommended Citation:
Amore, Mario Daniele,Bennedsen, Morten,Larsen, Birthe,et al. CEO education and corporate environmental footprint[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT,2019-01-01,94:254-273