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April 15, 2026International Journal of Finance & Economics

Environmental Courts and Corporate ESG Greenwashing

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ZCZhonghua ChengYYYanhao Yang

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Examines environmental courts' effects on ESG greenwashing in corporations, suggesting significant regulatory implications.

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate how environmental courts influence corporate ESG greenwashing behaviors.
  • Analyzed data from China's A-share listed corporations from 2009 to 2023
  • Employed a double machine learning (DML) model for analysis
  • Conducted robustness and heterogeneity tests on various corporate types
  • Performed mechanism tests to understand operational pathways
  • Environmental courts significantly reduce corporate ESG greenwashing
  • Stronger effects observed in large, non-politically connected, technology-based, and polluting corporations
  • Environmental courts operate mainly through refining judicial review standards and enhancing accountability

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Cheng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2c88e4eeef8a2a6b1bd2https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.70207
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