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Undervaluation and non‐financial information: Evidence from voluntary disclosure of CSR news

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  • Mohammed Benlemlih

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School)

  • Jingwen Ge

    (ESSCA Research Lab - ESSCA - ESSCA – École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers = ESSCA Business School)

  • Sujiao Zhao

    (Banco de Portugal - Banco de Portugal, Universidade do Porto = University of Porto)

Abstract

In this paper, we examine whether stock market imperfection plays a role in a firm's decision to release non‐financial information and if so, what the underlying channels are. To address our questions, we web‐scraped corporate social responsibility (CSR) news to form a sample of publicly traded non‐financial US firms from CSRwire and explored exogeneous variation in stock valuation driven by institutional price pressure. Our empirical results show that firms facing stock market undervaluation are more likely than others to release CSR news. This effect is concentrated among firms exhibiting low levels of CSR commitment and low stock price informativeness. Finally, we provide evidence that the stock market reacts positively to CSR news released by undervalued firms and more so for undervalued firms with high information asymmetry.

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  • Mohammed Benlemlih & Jingwen Ge & Sujiao Zhao, 2020. "Undervaluation and non‐financial information: Evidence from voluntary disclosure of CSR news," Post-Print hal-04998902, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04998902
    DOI: 10.1111/jbfa.12505
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