Renewable Energy Stocks’ Performance and Climate Risk: An Empirical Analysis

This article studies the relationship between renewable energy stocks’ performance and climate risk. It shows that publicly held renewable energy stocks underperform as a reaction to climate policy information releases, modeled by feed-in tariff (FIT) legislation announcements. The study examined st...

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Climate change
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Natural resources
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