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Corporate social responsibility and firm default risk in the Eurozone: a market-based approach

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  • Mohamad Hassan Shahrour

    (CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes)

  • Isabelle Girerd-Potin

    (CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes)

  • Ollivier Taramasco

    (CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes)

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  • Mohamad Hassan Shahrour & Isabelle Girerd-Potin & Ollivier Taramasco, 2021. "Corporate social responsibility and firm default risk in the Eurozone: a market-based approach," Post-Print hal-03198467, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03198467
    DOI: 10.1108/mf-02-2020-0063
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