This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and timeliness of goodwill …

a sample of 877 U.S.-listed firms, weprovide evidence that a firm’s CSR performance has a negative effect on stock … literature by providing original insights on the CSR performancelink with firm-specific information impounded in stock prices …. Further, we uniquelycontribute to the CSR dimensions literature by separately analyzing which CSRdimension contributes to …

This paper investigates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings on the ex ante cost of capital of … that firms' sustainability strategy varies across industry sectors, whereas customer-orientated companies like …. Managers of companies with a low or intermediate CSR score may consider improving their performance. A good starting point is …

This paper shows that corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm value are positively related for firms with high … negative or insignificant. In addition, we find that the effect of awareness on the value-CSR relation is reversed for firms … with a poor prior reputation as corporate citizens. This evidence is consistent with the view that CSR activities can add …

included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which serves as a way to measure the quality of a firm's CSR strategy … the sustainability committee formed by independent directors with CSR knowledge to orientate the corporate governance to …Type: Empirical.Research Question/Issue: This study examines whether the existence of a sustainability committee with …

between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial risk for an extensive panel data sample of S&P 500 companies between … the years 1992 and 2009. In addition, the link between CSP and investor utility is investigated. The main findings are … and strength of the CSP-risk relationship …

We examine the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the cost of equity capital for a large sample of U ….S. firms. Using several approaches to estimate firms' ex ante cost of equity, we find that firms with better CSR rankings …