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. 2022 May 7;46(4):678–703. doi: 10.1007/s12197-022-09580-0

Table 7.

Summary of the estimates of the differencing parameter d

Method White noise errors Autocorrelated errors
Countries ESG Conventional ESG Conventional
USA

-0.089*

(-0.108, -0.070)

-0.089*

(-0.108, -0.067)

0.008

(-0.023, 0.054)

-0.039

(-0.090, 0.004)

UK

-0.027*

(-0.049, -0.002)

-0.024*

(-0.041, -0.002)

-0.082*

(-0.122, -0.033)

-0.075*

(-0.110, -0.041)

CHINA

-0.020

(-0.052, 0.004)

0.007

(-0.016, 0.034)

-0.043*

(-0.088, -0.001)

-0.028*

(-0.059, -0.001)

INDIA

0.009*

(-0.013, 0.033)

0.033+

(0.012, 0.052)

0.031

(-0.009, 0.060)

-0.006

(-0.031, 0.036)

JAPAN

-0.103*

(-0.120, -0.081)

-0.100*

(-0.114, -0.079)

-0.059*

(-0.092, -0.011)

-0.059*

(-0.101, -0.024)

SOUTH AFRICA

0.001*

(-0.024, -0.028)

0.001

(-0024, 0.027)

-0.067*

(-0.107, -0.014)

-0.099*

(-0.131, -0.058)

WORLD

0.029+

(0.006, 0.054)

0.030+

(0.006, 0.057)

0.011

(-0.036, 0.063)

-0.059*

(-0.080, -0.021)

EMERGING MKTS

0.109+

(0.083, 0.139)

0.126+

(0.094, 0.156)

0.003

(-0.042, 0.028)

-0.009

(-0.041, 0.036)

EAFE

0.057+

(0.032, 0.084)

0.063+

(0.031. 0.089)

-0.037

(-0.037, 0.022)

-0.057*

(-0.081, -0.018)

EUROPE

-0.016

(-0.038, 0.007)

-0.013

(-0.034, 0.011)

-0.058*

(-0.087, -0.021)

-0.048*

(-0.093, -0.024)

PACIFIC

-0.034*

(-0.055, -0.012)

-0.021*

(-0.046, -0.004)

-0.019

(-0.055, 0.032)

-0.036*

(-0.075, -0.004)

BRICS

0.047

(-0.016, 0.082)

0.097+

(0.071, 0.122)

0.007

(-0.045, 0.058)

-0.028

(-0.054, 0.016)

*: Evidence of Anti-Persistence (d < 0) at the 95% level: + : Evidence of long memory (d > 0) at the 95% level