The unintended effect of Corporate Social Responsibility performance on investors' estimates of fundamental value

Accounting Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 275-302

  Elliott, W Brooke ^a   Jackson, Kevin E ^a   Peecher, Mark E ^a   White, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect as information; Corporate social responsibility; Fundamental value; Investor awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894296250     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-50577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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