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title: The Impact of the ESG Factor on Industrial Performance An Analysis using Machine Learning Techniques
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4910370/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4910370
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4910370
featured: 2024-07-31
citations: 4
topic: ML & AI Methods
---


# The Impact of the ESG Factor on Industrial Performance An Analysis using Machine Learning Techniques

The study applies machine learning to explore the link between ESG performance and corporate earnings, using data from over 850 European and US firms from 2007-2021.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4910370
- Identifier: SSRN 4910370
- Released: 2024-07-30
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 59 (2024-07-31): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-31/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 4
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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