The impact of CSR on corporate financial performance

• Main Author: DING, David K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Corporate Governance; Corporate Financial Performance (CFP); Stakeholder; Environment; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5994; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6993/viewcontent/14_407_151186843866_73.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We provide one of the first analyses of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance using only annual financial reports. We document a link between corporate financial performance (CFP) and CSR, although this is not always positive. Specifically, we investigate whether CSR performance...