Glossary

Placebo variables

Variables constructed by randomly reassigning climate exposure scores among firms within the same year and industry to isolate firm-specific predictive content.

Source: Does Earnings-Call Climate Exposure Improve Machine-Learning Forecasts of Stock Downside Risk? Out-of-Sample Evidence from U.S. Firms (Academic research) · p.2

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