Controversial industry sectors, such as alcohol, gambling, tobacco, and firearms, have suffered organizational legitimacy problems for a long period of time around the world. This paper examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities reduce the level of risk for firms in...

In this study, we examine whether corporate environmental responsibility (CER) plays a role in enhancing operating performance in the financial services sector. Because achieving success with CER investing is often a long-term process, we maintain that by effectively investing in CER, executives...

We examine how corporate environmental responsibility (CER) affects the cost of equity capital for manufacturing firms in 30 countries. Using several approaches to estimate firms' ex ante equity financing costs, we find in regressions that control for firm-level characteristics as well as...

Korean Abstract: 2011년 발생한 저축은행 사태의 주요한 원인 중의 하나로 최대주주의 전횡적인 부실경영을 가능하게 한 소유구조의 문제점이 제기되었다. 본고에서는 당시 파산한 30개 부실저축은행들의 소유구조 현황을...