Corporate social responsibility in the banking industry: Motives and financial performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3529-3547

  Wu, Meng Wen ^a   Shen, Chung Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altruistic motive; Corporate social responsibility; Extended Heckman two stage model; Strategic motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879344734     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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