Corporate social responsibility, financial performance and selection bias: Evidence from Taiwan’s TWSE- listed banks

Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 458-484

  Shen, Chung Hua ^a   Chang, Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84881870913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849806107.00038     Document Type: Chapter

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