Corporate social responsibility and firm risk: Theory and empirical evidence

This paper presents an industry equilibrium model where firms have a choice to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. We model CSR as an investment to increase product differentiation that allows firms to benefit from higher profit margins. The model predicts that CSR decreases...

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Main Authors: Albuquerque, R. (Author), Koskinen, Y. (Author), Zhang, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences 2019
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