Corporate Social Responsibility and Stock Market Effi ciency

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Becchetti ◽  
Rocco Ciciretti ◽  
Alessandro Giovannelli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Effi Ciency ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals Who Values Corporate Social Responsibility in the Korean Stock Market?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangki Lee ◽  
Insu Kim ◽  
Chung-hun Hong
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Public Pension ◽  
Korean Stock Market ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

In this study, we explore the stock market’s response to new information that a firm has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) in Korea. In addition, we investigate which investor group contributes to the changes, if any significant increase in returns is found, after a firm’s incorporation into the DJSI. This study aims to identify which investors value corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Korean stock market and examine whether the government-led campaigns for CSR have affected private sector investors, as well as those from the public sector. We find statistically significant abnormal returns for firms after their first listing in the index, implying that investors in Korean markets consider a firm’s inclusion in the DJSI as good news for the firm value. Using a unique dataset from the Korea Exchange (KRX) on investors, we classify investors into four groups: individual investors, public pension funds, other institutional investors, and foreign investors. Unlike prior studies that focus only on the existence of abnormal returns, we investigate the trading behavior of each investor group for such announcements. We find that it is mainly the buying pressure of public pension funds that generates abnormal returns. By contrast, we cannot find statistically significant results for the other investor groups. This result implies that the government-led campaign for CSR has only had limited effects in the Korean stock market, and that awareness of CSR in the private sector should be improved.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure and Financial Performance: The Mediating Role of Financial Statement Comparability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10077
Author(s):  
Cao Thi Mien Thuy ◽  
Nguyen Vinh Khuong ◽  
Nguyen Thi Canh ◽  
Nguyen Thanh Liem
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and financial performance with the consideration of the mediating role of financial statement comparability (FSC) for a sample of Vietnamese listed firms. We used content analysis of the information related to the GRI Standards on annual reports in order to construct CSR disclosure score. We used a dataset of 1125 firm-year observations, covering 225 firms listed on Vietnam’s stock market in the period 2014–2018. Applying OLS and GMM estimation methods, Sobel test, and using different proxies of the mediator variable to increase the robustness, we obtained two remarkable conclusions. First, CSR disclosure has a positive impact on the financial performance of listed companies in Vietnam. Second, there is a complementary mediation effect of financial statement comparability in the above relationship. Our results suggest that it is necessary to develop a legal framework for the practice and disclosure of CSR as well as to apply the international accounting standards in the Vietnamese stock market.

scholarly journals Effect of the Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility on Business Profitability. A Dimensional Analysis in the Spanish Stock Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Escamilla-Solano ◽  
Fernández-Portillo ◽  
Paule-Vianez ◽  
Plaza-Casado
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Business Profitability ◽  
Sustainability Reports ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Spanish Stock Market

In recent decades, the novel fact of considering corporate social responsibility (CSR) as part of the corporate strategy of companies has resulted in interest groups demanding the disclosure of such information. Likewise, considering their importance of transparency and governance today, it is necessary to make an approximation on the study of the divulgation of CSR information on companies listed on the Spanish stock market. The aim of this work is to determine whether the disclosure of the measures taken by the companies on CSR influences business profitability. Applying PLS-SEM on the information extracted from the sustainability reports of 103 companies listed on the Spanish continuous market, it is found that the disclosure of CSR measures improves business profitability in its social and economic dimensions, with no effect being found between the disclosure CSR in its environmental dimension on business profitability.

Corporate social responsibility, stock salience, and the asymmetric market impact of consumer sentiment news on Spanish firms

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-115
Author(s):  
Barry Oliver ◽  
Blanca Pérez-Gladish ◽  
Paz Méndez-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Consumer Sentiment ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Un Global Compact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negativity Effect ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify whether the Spanish stock market experiences a negativity effect on the announcement of Spanish consumer sentiment information and if firms that are signatory to the UN Global Compact on corporate social responsibility are relatively more salient in the minds of investors. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use consumer sentiment announcements to show how the negativity effects on the Spanish stock market are significantly influenced by how salient the stock is in the minds of investors. If a firm’s stock exhibits negativity effects on the release of consumer sentiment information then this stock is salient to investors. If firms who are signatory to the UN Global Compact exhibit significant negativity effects, it could be concluded that these stocks are salient, particularly if firms that are not signatory to the Global Compact do not exhibit a similar negativity effect. Findings – The IBEX35 index experiences significant negativity effects upon the release of Spanish consumer sentiment announcements. This is similar to that reported in other countries, notably Australia and the USA. Using the constituent firms in the IBEX35 index, the authors find that those firms that are signatory to the UN Global Compact are significantly more likely to experience negativity effects upon the release of Spanish consumer sentiment information than if they are not signatory to the Global Compact. This indicates that firms that are part of the UN Global Compact are more salient to investors. Research limitations/implications – Available published Spanish data on consumer sentiment. Practical implications – Little is understood of the impact that consumer sentiment announcements have on stock prices. Studies in USA and Australia have identified significant negativity effects in stock markets when consumer sentiment information is released. This research has found that a psychological negativity bias occurs in firms that are salient to investors. Salience has been found to be important in asset pricing. Originality/value – This paper tries to find out which companies are more likely to sign the UN Global Compact. These companies are more sensitive to consumer sentiment, because they depend on the everyday decisions of the consumers. The more the companies depend on consumers, the more they care about them. And, when the consumer sentiment goes down, they are more affected by this sentiment. These firms are also more worried about the long term. They are not only thinking about the profits in the short term but also about maintaining the generation of profits in the long term.

The IPO corporate social responsibility information disclosure: Does the stock market care?

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (S2) ◽  
pp. 2157-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangliang Huang ◽  
Lijin Xiang ◽  
Rongbing Liu ◽  
Shuling Su ◽  
Hao Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social
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