Corporate Green Pledges: Effects on Stock Returns and Carbon Emissions

Replication Data for Corporate Green Pledges contains data and code to replicate analysis from a Review of Financial Studies paper. The analysis examines corporate green pledges and their effects on stock returns and carbon emissions. The dataset was authored by Eric Offner and last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Replicate econometric analysis of corporate green pledges based on the described research pipeline.
• Study the relationship between environmental commitments and stock market returns based on the dataset's stated purpose.
• Analyze the effect of corporate pledges on carbon emissions based on the described research scope.
• Test and adapt the provided R code for similar financial and environmental impact studies.

Strengths

• Includes replication code written in R, allowing for verification of the original paper's findings.
• Pseudo-data files are provided to allow the analysis pipeline to run without access to licensed data sources.
• Documentation covers the use of restricted data from CRSP, Compustat, Trucost, IBES, and CDP.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The core restricted data from major financial and environmental databases is not included.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Review of Financial Studies Dataverse, authored by Eric Offner.

Collection Method

Data compiled for academic research, likely from financial and environmental databases.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 21:50:32; freshness should be verified.