Considering the importance of corporate carbon emissions, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and curtailed EPA's regulatory powers by unprecedentedly invoking the ``major questions doctrine{''} in its judgment of West Virginia v. EPA in 2022. We find that the stock prices of firms with greater exposure to carbon risk increased relative to firms with lower exposure after the Supreme Court verdict. The results are more pronounced for firms subject to higher federal climate enforcement intensity prior to the court ruling. Long-term climate commitments by state governments and carbon-sensitive institutional investors attenuate the effect. Both cash flow and discount rate contribute to the climate risk effect in firm value. Overall, our findings from this landmark climate litigation suggest that climate transition risks can affect stock prices.
Sustainable Finance & ESG
Do Carbon Emissions Affect Stock Returns? Causal Evidence from a Supreme Court Ruling
Considering the importance of corporate carbon emissions, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and curtailed EPA's regulatory powers by unprecedentedly invoking the ``major questions doctrine{''} in its judgment of West Virginia v. EPA in 2022. We find that the stock prices of firms with greater expos...
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