Economic policy uncertainty and imitation behaviors of corporate social responsibility practices: Evidence from China

• Main Authors: XUE, Xingnan, HU, Nan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Corporate social responsibility; Document similarity; Economic policy uncertainty; Institutional theory; Asian Studies; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Finance and Financial Management; Industrial Organization
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8033
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we examine whether firms facing higher economic policy uncertainty (EPU) are more likely to show similar corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices compared with their peer firms. Drawing upon institutional theory, in response to uncertainty under complex circumstances, managers...