Value-relevance of corporate social responsibility: Evidence from short selling

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 29-52

  Jain, Archana ^a   Jain, Pankaj K ^b   Rezaee, Zabihollah ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Short selling; Sustainability performance; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988383415     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar-51439     Document Type: Article

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