Unpacking an Environmental, Social and Governance rating through a Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Author

Anita Napodano

Published

March 23, 2023

Index

Master in Data Analytics for Politics, Society and Complex Organizations

  1. Abstract

  2. Explanatory modeling vs Predictive modeling

    2.1 The black box

    2.2 To explain or to predict

    2.3 Perimeter of the thesis

    2.4 The ESG investing scenario

  3. Theoretical and Procedural introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    3.1 Qualitative Comparative Analysis - a theoretical introduction

    3.2 Qualitative Comparative Analysis - a summary of the procedure

  4. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) - setup

    4.1 Original Data-set Description

    4.2 Data cleaning and management

    4.3 New Data-set Creation: data

  5. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) - operational procedure

    5.1 Calibration

    5.2 Creation of the fuzzy data-set: QCA_DATA

    5.3 Individual Necessity Analysis

    5.4 Joint Sufficiency: Truth Table

  6. Resolving Contradiction

    6.1 Defining and dealing with Contradiction

  7. Final Considerations

  8. References