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Does Corportae Social Responsibility Have an Impact on Financing Decisions?

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  • Guillaume Pijourlet

    (Université Clermont Auvergne)

Abstract

This paper examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance affects (i) capital structure and (ii) the size of equity issuances. Using a worldwide dataset of 6,589 firm-year observations, we find that (i) CSR performance negatively affects firms’ leverage. We also show that (ii) high CSR firms issue a larger volume of equity and that such firms are less dependent on market conditions for their equity issuances. Overall, our results reveal that firms take into account the financial consequences of implementing CSR policies in their financing decisions.

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  • Guillaume Pijourlet, 2015. "Does Corportae Social Responsibility Have an Impact on Financing Decisions?," Bankers, Markets & Investors, ESKA Publishing, issue 136-137, pages 5-19, May-June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbq:journl:i:136-137:p:5-19
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    Cited by:

    1. Sylvain Marsat & Benjamin Williams, 2016. "Does the market value the social dimension? International evidence," Post-Print hal-02156613, HAL.
    2. María Consuelo Pucheta‐Martínez & Inmaculada Bel‐Oms & Isabel Gallego‐Álvarez, 2023. "Corporate social responsibility reporting and capital structure: Does board gender diversity mind in such association?," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 1588-1600, July.
    3. Shu-Chen Hsu & Kun-Tsung Wu & Qing Wang & Yuan Chang, 2023. "Is capital structure associated with corporate social responsibility?," International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, December.
    4. Sylvain Marsat & Benjamin Williams, 2016. "Does the Market Value the Social Dimension? International Evidence," Bankers, Markets & Investors, ESKA Publishing, issue 142, pages 28-40, May-June.
    5. Adrian (Waikong) Cheung & May Hu & Jörg Schwiebert, 2018. "Corporate social responsibility and dividend policy," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 58(3), pages 787-816, September.

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    Keywords

    Corporate Social Responsibility; Capital Structure; Market Timing Theory; Information Asymmetry;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility

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