The purpose of this book is to study the association of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) with financial performance, capital structure, innovative activities, corporate risk, working capital management and accounting quality. Undoubtedly, CER has been developed into a crucial corporate issue around the world. CER has been incorporated within various sectors, countries and includes many types of activities and dimensions. A fundamental issue that is addressed in this book, is how corporate finance and accounting are affected by CER activities and how it impacts company performance. In order to analyse this interrelation, the authors focus on a sample of firms from 28 EU member countries. The purpose of this book is to study the association of CER with financial performance, capital structure, innovative activities, corporate risk, working capital management and accounting quality. The book also intends to provide useful policy recommendations as well as to offerconstructive impulses for future research.

Chapter 1. Introduction to corporate environmental responsibility, accounting and finance

Chapter 2. Corporate environmental responsibility in the EU
Chapter 3. Literature Review on Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Chapter 4. Firm - specific determinants of corporate environmental responsibility
Chapter 5. Corporate environmental responsibility and financial performance
Chapter 6. Corporate environmental responsibility and innovative activities
Chapter 7. Corporate environmental responsibility and capital structure
Chapter 8. Corporate environmental responsibility and corporate risk
Chapter 9. Corporate environmental responsibility, cash holding and dividend policy decisions
Chapter 10. Corporate environmental responsibility and earnings value relevance
Chapter 11. Corporate environmental responsibility and earnings management
Chapter 12. Corporate environmental responsibility and accounting conservatism
Chapter 13. Conclusions and Implications.