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Does corporate social responsibility affect the cost of equity in controversial industry sectors?
Review of Accounting and Finance ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2019-11-11 , DOI: 10.1108/raf-09-2018-0184
Abdelmajid Hmaittane , Kais Bouslah , Bouchra M’Zali

This paper aims to examine whether corporate social responsibility influences the cost of equity capital of firms operating in controversial industry sectors.,This paper computes the ex-ante cost of equity capital implied in analyst earnings forecasts and stock prices for a sample of 2,006 US firm-year observations belonging to controversial industry sectors (alcohol, tobacco, gambling, military, firearms, nuclear power, oil and gas, cement and biotechnology) during the period 1991-2012. The baseline regression model links CSR score to the implied cost of equity capital (ICC) and controls for firm-specific characteristics, industry factors and economic or market-wide factors. This model enables to capture the differential effect of CSR on ICC when the firm belongs to a specific sector of the controversial industries by adding an interaction term between CSR and the dummy variable representing this belonging.,The findings show two main results. First, CSR engagement significantly reduces the implied cost of equity capital (ICC) in all controversial industry sectors, taken as a group, as well as in each one of these sectors individually. Second, this effect is more pronounced when the firm belongs to the alcohol and tobacco industry sectors.,The findings have two important practical implications. First, they should increase managers’ confidence and incentives, in controversial industry sectors, to pursue CSR activities. Second, policymakers can encourage managers to undertake CSR initiatives in controversial industry sectors through tax incentives (e.g. reduce taxes for CSR related investment projects).,This paper extends prior studies that investigate the perceptions of capital market participants of firm’s CSR commitment (Sharfman and Fernando, 2008; Goss and Roberts, 2011; El Ghoul et al., 2011; Jo and Na, 2012; Bouslah et al., 2013) by examining the effect of CSR on ICC in the controversial industry sectors. It contributes to the debate around the relevance of CSR in controversial sectors by providing evidence of the reduction effect of CSR activities on ICC in controversial industries and by showing that this reduction impact is more pronounced when the firm belongs to alcohol, tobacco industry sectors.

中文翻译:

企业社会责任是否会影响有争议的行业部门的股权成本?

本文旨在研究企业社会责任是否会影响有争议的行业部门运营的公司的股本成本。本文计算了2006家美国公司的分析师收益预测和股价中所隐含的股本成本。 1991-2012年期间的年度观测值,这些行业属于有争议的行业(酒精,烟草,赌博,军事,枪支,核电,石油和天然气,水泥和生物技术)。基线回归模型将CSR得分与股票资本的隐含成本(ICC)联系起来,并控制公司特定的特征,行业因素以及经济或市场因素。通过在企业社会责任和代表该产业的虚拟变量之间添加一个交互项,该模型能够捕获企业属于有争议行业的特定部门时企业社会责任对国际商会的不同影响。研究结果表明两个主要结果。首先,企业社会责任的参与显着降低了所有有争议的行业部门(作为一个整体)以及这些部门中每个部门的隐含股本成本(ICC)。其次,当该公司属于酒精和烟草行业部门时,这种影响更为明显。研究结果具有两个重要的实际意义。首先,他们应该在有争议的行业中提高管理者的信心和动机,以开展企业社会责任活动。第二,政策制定者可以通过税收激励措施鼓励管理者在有争议的行业中采取CSR举措(例如,降低与CSR相关的投资项目的税收)。,本文扩展了先前的研究,调查了资本市场参与者对企业CSR承诺的看法(Sharfman和Fernando,2008年) ; Goss和Roberts,2011; El Ghoul等,2011; Jo和Na,2012; Bouslah等,2013),方法是研究有争议的行业中企业社会责任对ICC的影响。它通过提供有争议的行业中企业社会责任活动对ICC的减少影响的证据,并证明当该公司属于酒类,烟草行业时,这种减少影响更为明显,从而为有争议的行业中企业社会责任的相关性辩论做出了贡献。减少了与企业社会责任相关的投资项目的税收。),本文扩展了以前的研究,以调查资本市场参与者对企业社会责任承诺的看法(Sharfman和Fernando,2008; Goss和Roberts,2011; El Ghoul等人,2011; Jo和Na,2012; Bouslah et al。,2013),研究有争议的行业中企业社会责任对ICC的影响。它通过提供有争议的行业中CSR活动对ICC的减少影响的证据,并证明当该公司属于酒类,烟草行业部门时,这种减少影响更为明显,从而有助于围绕有争议的行业中CSR的相关性进行辩论。减少了与企业社会责任相关的投资项目的税收。),本文扩展了先前的研究,以调查资本市场参与者对企业社会责任承诺的看法(Sharfman和Fernando,2008; Goss和Roberts,2011; El Ghoul等人,2011; Jo和Na,2012; Bouslah et al。,2013),研究有争议的行业中企业社会责任对ICC的影响。它通过提供有争议的行业中CSR活动对ICC的减少影响的证据,并证明当该公司属于酒类,烟草行业部门时,这种减少影响更为明显,从而有助于围绕有争议的行业中CSR的相关性进行辩论。2011; El Ghoul等,2011;Jo和Na,2012年;Bouslah等人,2013)通过研究有争议的行业中企业社会责任对ICC的影响。它通过提供有争议的行业中CSR活动对ICC的减少影响的证据,并证明当该公司属于酒类,烟草行业部门时,这种减少影响更为明显,从而有助于围绕有争议的行业中CSR的相关性进行辩论。2011; El Ghoul et al。,2011; Jo和Na,2012年;Bouslah等人,2013)通过研究有争议的行业中企业社会责任对ICC的影响。它通过提供有争议的行业中CSR活动对ICC的减少影响的证据,并证明当该公司属于酒类,烟草行业部门时,这种减少影响更为明显,从而有助于围绕有争议的行业中CSR的相关性进行辩论。
更新日期:2019-11-11
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