The peer effects of corporate social responsibility in China: A pre-registered report

Jie Ding, Jinbo Huang*, Ashley Ding, Shijun Guo, Tianjiao Wang

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Abstract

In recent years, businesses worldwide have shown a growing interest in adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. The driver of corporate CSR engagement has attracted widespread attention. This study seeks to examine how firms react to the CSR practices of their peers in China. The ordinary least square would be used to validate our hypothesis and the instrumental variable approach would be utilized to alleviate endogeneity threats. In addition, we propose two channels, named as market competition hypothesis and institutional pressure hypothesis to account for this peer effect. We plan to provide some empirical evidence to support both channels.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102395
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalPacific Basin Finance Journal
Volume85
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

Keywords

  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Institutional pressure
  • Market competition
  • Peer effect

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