Attig, Najah; Ghoul, Sadok El; Guedhami, Omrane; Suh, … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 117 (2013) 4, pp. 679-694
This study provides evidence on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firms’ credit ratings. We find that credit rating agencies tend to award relatively high ratings to firms with good social performance. This pattern is robust to controlling for key firm...