This paper critically considers ‘additional' and ‘instrumental' explanations that economists have recently suggested in order to reduce the understanding of CSR within the limits of standard economic theorizing, and contrasts them with a ‘constitutive' definition as an extended model of...

This article extend earlier research concerning the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance, with particular emphasis on methodological inconsistencies. Research in this area is extended in three critical areas. First, it focuses on a particular...

This study examines the determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its implications on firms' investment policy, organizational strategy and performance. First, we find that firms with better performance, higher R&D intensity, better financial health, and firms in new economy...

This paper examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) and organizational performance in terms of financial performance, employee commitment and corporate reputation in Libyan companies through stakeholder's pressures. The researchers have chosen the...

This study examines the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance. Specifically, I analyze the effect of CSR-related shareholder proposals that pass or fail by a small margin of votes. The passage of such "close-call" proposals is akin to a random assignment of CSR...

This paper explains the importance and benefits for Libyan companies of engaging in corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD). Libya, as a developing country, was chosen by the researchers as it has undergone many changes over a short period of time in terms of economic, environmental...

This article analyzes the economics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as a private response to market imperfections to satisfy social preferences. Depending on whether they affect regulation, competition, or contracts, market imperfections driving CSR decisions are classified in three...

This study focuses on the wealth-protective effects of socially responsible firm behavior by examining the association 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...

In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced...

This study addresses the following research questions: Are there any significant social and environmental performance differences between Indonesian companies and MNCs operating in Indonesia? Do the levels of social and environmental performances have positive association with financial...