The Causal Effect of Religious Piety on Shareholder Wealth: Evidence from Acquirer Returns and Historical Religious Identification

Abstract. Background: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among US adolescents aged 12–19 years. Researchers would benefit from a better understanding of the direct effects of bullying and e-bullying on adolescent suicide to inform intervention work. Aims: To explore the direct and indirect effects of bullying and e-bullying on adolescent suicide attempts (SAs) and to estimate the magnitude of these effects controlling for significant covariates. Method: This study uses data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBS), a nationally representative sample of US high school youth. We quantified the association between bullying and the likelihood of SA, after adjusting for covariates (i.e., sexual orientation, obesity, sleep, etc.) identified with the PC algorithm. Results: Bullying and e-bullying were significantly associated with SA in logistic regression analyses. Bullying had an estimated average causal effect (ACE) of 2.46%, while e-bullying had an ACE of 4.16%. Limitations: Data are cross-sectional and temporal precedence is not known. Conclusion: These findings highlight the strong association between bullying, e-bullying, and SA.

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The impact of integration policies on national and religious identification of Turkish and ex-Yugoslav Muslim immigrants in Europe

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e509572012-001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Zuhal Kavacik

Keyword(s):

Religious Identification ◽

Muslim Immigrants ◽

Integration Policies ◽

The Impact

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The economic consequences of voluntary environmental reporting on shareholder wealth

Social and Management Research Journal ◽

10.24191/smrj.v3i2.5110 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruslaina Yusoff ◽

Shariful Amran Abd Rahman ◽

Wan Nazihah Wan Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Abnormal Return ◽

Listed Companies ◽

Shareholder Wealth ◽

Environmental Information ◽

Economic Consequences ◽

Share Price ◽

Cumulative Abnormal Return ◽

Environmental Reporting ◽

Financial Report ◽

Significant Difference

This study was carried out to examine the economic consequences ofvoluntary environmental reporting on shareholders' wealth among Malaysian Listed Companies that voluntarily disclosed environmental information in their financial report. One hundred andfifty two (152) companies of Bursa Malaysia (MSE) had been identified as a sample in the current study. Seventy six (76) companies were classified as environmental reporting companies while the remaining companies were classified as non-environmental reporting companies. The classification was done in order to determine the differences between share price, profitability and market equity for both types of companies. The study hypothesizes that voluntary environmental reporting leads to an improvement in the shareholders wealth. However, the results show that there is no significant difference between cumulative abnormal return for environmental and non-environmental reporting companies. Based on the results obtained, it can also be concluded that profitability and size of the companies do not have any significant roles in deciding whether or not to produce environmental reporting companies.

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