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Do Markets Value Corporate Social Responsibility?
Alan Gregory
University of Exeter - Xfi Centre; University of Exeter Business School
Julie M. Whittaker
University of Exeter Business School
Xiaojuan Yan
affiliation not provided to SSRN
November 30, 2011
Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment, University of Exeter Discussion Paper No. 10/06
Abstract:
Renneboog, Ter Horst and Zhang (2008) highlight that the question of whether or not corporate social responsibility (CSR) is priced remains an open one. In this paper, using a comprehensive set of KLD indicators in Ohlson-model framework with robust two-way cluster analysis of standard errors, we show that indicators of corporate social responsibility are valued by markets. We also show that some valuation effects appear to be stronger in the post millennium period. Consistent with other evidence on implied cost of capital and CSR, we show that there are significant differences in factor loadings between high and low CSR stocks. Finally, we show that CSR effects are manifested at least in part by an increased persistence in abnormal earnings. Our evidence is consistent both with high CSR firms having a lower cost of capital and also with high CSR firms having lower expected adverse cash flow shocks.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 52
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investment Returns, Valuation
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Date posted: December 12, 2010
; Last revised: January 4, 2012
Suggested CitationGregory, Alan, Whittaker, Julie M. and Yan, Xiaojuan, Do Markets Value Corporate Social Responsibility? (November 30, 2011). Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment, University of Exeter Discussion Paper No. 10/06. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1723126 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1723126
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