Does corporate social responsibility affect the cost of capital?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2388-2406

  El Ghoul, Sadok ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b   Kwok, Chuck C Y ^b   Mishra, Dev R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Cost of equity capital; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960199333     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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