Corporate social responsibility and stock price crash risk

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Kim, Yongtae ^a   Li, Haidan ^a   Li, Siqi ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Crash risk; Financial reporting transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896294365     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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