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Yatırımcılar Sürdürülebilirliği Önemsiyor mu?

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 1063 - 1075
https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1686674

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, 2014-2023 yılları arasında BIST Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi'nde yer alan şirketlerin hisse senedi getirilerindeki önemli değişiklikleri araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çerçevede araştırma, piyasanın sürdürülebilirlik odaklı endeksleri kabulünü değerlendirmek için hisse senedi getirilerindeki potansiyel artış veya azalışlara odaklanarak endekse dahil olmanın yatırımcı davranışları üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmektedir.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma, belirli bir olayın (şirketlerin bir endekse dahil edilmesi) hisse senedi getirileri üzerindeki etkisini değerlendirmek için bir olay çalışması metodolojisi kullanmaktadır. Analiz, hem olay öncesi hem de olay sonrası dönemlerde anormal getirileri hesaplayarak yatırımcı tepkilerini değerlendirmektedir. Bu dönemlerdeki ortalama anormal getiriler arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olup olmadığını belirlemek için eşleştirilmiş örneklem t-testi kullanılır. Bu analiz, endekse dahil edilmenin hisse senedi performansında bir değişikliğe yol açıp açmadığını gösterecektir.
Bulgular: Analiz sonuçları, 18 işletmenin kümülatif ortalama anormal getirilerinin (CAR) BIST sürdürülebilirlik endeksine dahil edilmeden 10 ila 5 gün öncesi ve 10 ila 5 gün sonrası dönemde negatif bir eğilim sergilediğini göstermektedir. Paired Samples t-testinden elde edilen bulgular, olay öncesi ve sonrası CAR değerlerini karşılaştırırken hisse senedi getirilerinde önemli bir değişiklik olmadığını ortaya koymaktadır.
Sonuç: Bu durum, şirketlerin BIST Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi'ne dahil edilmesinin ardından hisse senedi getirilerinde belirgin bir değişiklik olmadığını göstermektedir. Bu senaryo, yatırımcıların bu şirketlerin endekse dahil edilmesine tepki vermedikleri veya bu hisse senetlerinden anormal getiri elde edemedikleri anlamına da gelebilir.

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Do Investors Care About Sustainability?

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 1063 - 1075
https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1686674

Abstract

Purpose: This study seeks to investigate any significant changes in the stock returns of companies listed on the BIST Sustainability Index from 2014 to 2023. Within this framework, the research analyses the impact of inclusion in the index on investor behaviour, focusing on potential increases or decreases in stock returns to evaluate the market's reception of sustainability-oriented indices.
Method: This study employs an event study methodology to assess the impact of a specific event—the inclusion of companies in an index—on stock returns. The analysis evaluates investor reactions by calculating abnormal returns during both pre- and post-event periods. To determine if there is a significant difference between the average abnormal returns in these periods, a paired sample t-test is utilized. This analysis will indicate whether inclusion in the index results in a change in stock performance.
Findings: The analysis results indicate that the cumulative average abnormal returns (CAAR) of 18 companies exhibit a negative trend in the period from 10 to 5 days before and 10 to 5 days after their inclusion in the BIST sustainability index. The findings from the Paired Samples t-test reveal no significant change in stock returns when comparing the CARs values before and after the event.
Conclusion: This indicates that there is no noticeable change in stock returns following the inclusion of companies in the BIST Sustainability Index. This scenario may also imply that investors do not react to the inclusion of these companies or that they are unable to achieve abnormal returns from these stocks.

Supporting Institution

Çağ University

Thanks

This study is supported by Research Fund of the Çağ University. (Project number: 2024-2-14)

References

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  • CHAN-LAU, J. A. (2002). Corporate restructuring in Japan: an event-study analysis. Japan and the World Economy, 14(4), 367-377.
  • ÇITAK, L., & ERSOY, E. (2016). Firmaların BIST Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksine alınmasına yatırımcı tepkisi: Olay çalışması ve ortalama testleri ile bir analiz (Investors' reactions to the inclusion of firms in the BIST Sustainability Index: An analysis by event study and mean-median tests). International Journal of Alanya Faculty of Business, 8(1), 43-57.
  • CONSOLANDI, C., JAISWAL-DALE, A., POGGIANI, E., & VERCELLI, A. (2009). Global standards and ethical stock indexes: The case of the Dow Jones Sustainability Stoxx Index. Journal of business ethics, 87, 185-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9793-1
  • COWAN, A. R., & SERGEANT, A. M. (1996). Trading frequency and event study test specification. Journal of Banking & Finance, 20(10), 1731-1757. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(96)00021-0
  • CURRAN, M. M., & MORAN, D. (2007). Impact of the FTSE4Good Index on firm price: An event study. Journal of environmental management, 82(4), 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.02.010
  • DILSHAD, M. N. (2013). Profitability analysis of mergers and acquisitions: an event study approach. Business and economic research, 3(1). 1-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v3i1.2781
  • DUSO, T., GUGLER, K., & YURTOGLU, B. (2010). Is the event study methodology useful for merger analysis? A comparison of stock market and accounting data. International Review of Law and Economics, 30(2), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2010.02.001
  • GOYAL, P., & SONI, P. (2024). Does the stock market react to the sustainability index reconstitutions? Evidence from the S&P BSE 100 ESG index. South Asian Journal of Business Studies.
  • GÜNDÜZ, Ç. (2018). Sürdürülebilirlik endeksi kapsamına alınmanın hisse senedi değerine etkisi: BIST uygulaması. Bankacılar Dergisi., 106, 37-58.
  • HAWKEN, P. (1993). The ecology of commerce: a declaration of sustainability. New York: Harper Business.
  • ORTAS, E., & MONEVA, J. M. (2011). Sustainability stock exchange indexes and investor expectations: Multivariate evidence from DJSI-Stoxx. Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting/Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, 40(151), 395-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/02102412.2011.10779706
  • ROBINSON, M., KLEFFNER, A., & BERTELS, S. (2011). Signaling sustainability leadership: Empirical evidence of the value of DJSI membership. Journal of business ethics, 101, 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0735-y
  • SERRA, A. P. (2004). Event study tests: a brief survey. Gestão. Org-Revista Electrónica de Gestão Organizacional, 2(3), 248-255.
  • STEKELENBURG, A., GEORGAKOPOULOS, G., SOTİROPOULOU, V., VASİLEİOU, K., & VLACHOS, I. (2015). The relation between sustainability performance and stock market returns: An empirical analysis of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe. International journal of Economics and Finance, 7(7).
  • TURNER, R. K., PEARCE, D. W., & BATEMAN, I. (1993). Environmental economics: an elementary introduction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • WAI KONG CHEUNG, A. (2011). Do stock investors value corporate sustainability? Evidence from an event study. Journal of business ethics, 99, 145-165.
  • WAI KONG CHEUNG, A. & ROCA, E. (2013). The effect on price, liquidity and risk when stocks are added to and deleted from a sustainability index: Evidence from the Asia Pacific context. Journal of Asian Economics, 24, 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2012.08.002
  • YILMAZ ÖZEKENCI, S., & TOPALOĞLU, E. E. (2025). Does being included in the sustainability index affect financial performance and firm value? Evidence from Borsa Istanbul. Sosyoekonomi, 33(63), 183-198. https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2025.01.09
  • YILMAZ, M. K., AKSOY, M., & TATOGLU, E. (2020). Does the stock market value inclusion in a sustainability index? Evidence from Borsa Istanbul. Sustainability, 12(2), 483.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Sustainable Development
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Süreyya Yılmaz Özekenci 0000-0003-4150-4101

Tuba Konak 0000-0002-3290-9337

Early Pub Date November 26, 2025
Publication Date November 28, 2025
Submission Date April 29, 2025
Acceptance Date August 19, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 12 Issue: 3

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APA Yılmaz Özekenci, S., & Konak, T. (2025). Do Investors Care About Sustainability? İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12(3), 1063-1075. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1686674

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