Legal vs. Normative CSR: Differential Impact on Analyst Dispersion, Stock Return Volatility, Cost of Capital, and Firm Value

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Harjoto, Maretno A ^a   Jo, Hoje ^b  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst dispersion; Corporate social responsibility; Cost of capital; Firm value; Legal CSR; Normative CSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893188433     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2082-2     Document Type: Article

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