Corporate Social Reporting in European Banks: The Effects on a Firm's Market Value

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-177

  Carnevale, Concetta ^a   Mazzuca, Maria ^a   Venturini, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank stock price; Corporate social responsibility; European banking sector; Firm's market value; Social reporting; Value relevance analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859772089     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.262     Document Type: Article

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