In the name of charity: Political connections and strategic corporate social responsibility in a transition economy

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-346

  Lin, Karen Jingrong ^a   Tan, Jinsong ^b   Zhao, Liming ^c   Karim, Khondkar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Firm performance; Political connection; Strategic CSR; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953380197     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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