Judge political affiliation and impacts of corporate environmental litigation

This study examines the role of judges' political affiliation in determining the outcomes of environmental lawsuits filed against public corporations and their economic impacts on the defendant firms. Drawing on legal theories of judicial decision making, individual judges are expected to play...

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Published in:	Journal of corporate finance (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 64; p. 101670
Main Author:	Liu, Chelsea
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.10.2020
Subjects:	Corporate environmental lawsuits Corporate litigation Judge political affiliation Judicial decision-making Shareholder wealth Corporate environmental lawsuits Shareholder wealth Judicial decision-making K41 Corporate litigation K32 Judge political affiliation
ISSN:	0929-1199, 1872-6313
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