Corporate social responsibility and corporate performance: Evidence from a panel of US listed companies

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-567

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Di Giacomo, Stefania ^a   Pinnacchio, Damiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EQUITY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549096383     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500428112     Document Type: Article

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