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Agency conflicts and investment with carbon emission reduction

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  • Ting Lu
  • Pengfei Luo
  • Wentao Guo

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We develop a dynamic investment model that incorporates agency conflicts, considering the impact of rare disaster and carbon emission reduction. This model elucidates the effects of carbon emission reduction on capital investment, asset pricing, and welfare. Our findings indicate that optimal carbon emission reduction level increases with disaster risk, volatility, and risk aversion. Furthermore, in comparison to the inaction scenario, carbon emission reduction leads to underinvestment, enhances Tobin's q$$ q $$, increases risk‐free rate, and decreases risk premium. This introduces a non‐monotonic relationship among capital investment, risk‐free rate, risk premium with disaster risk. Lastly, carbon emission reduction mitigates the cost for the outside shareholder to address agency conflicts.

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  • Ting Lu & Pengfei Luo & Wentao Guo, 2025. "Agency conflicts and investment with carbon emission reduction," International Review of Finance, International Review of Finance Ltd., vol. 25(2), June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:irvfin:v:25:y:2025:i:2:n:e70015
    DOI: 10.1111/irfi.70015
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