Corporate social responsibility, the cost of equity capital and ownership structure: An analysis of Chinese listed firms

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 245-276

  Xu, Shan ^a   Liu, Duchi ^a   Huang, Jianbai ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese listed firms; corporate social responsibility; cost of equity capital; financial performance; ownership structure; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930389318     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896213517894     Document Type: Article

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