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African firm default risk and CSR

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  • SAIDANE, Dhafer
  • ABDALLAH, Sana BEN

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As far we know this study is the first to examine the causal relationship between African firm default risk and CSR and its separate dimensions (environmental, social, and governance dimensions). Bivariate PVAR estimations results show that there is a unidirectional relationship between firm default risk and CSR as well as the environment dimension. Indeed, we note a positive and significant impact of firm stability toward CSR. Besides, our results reveal that environmental performance has a negative and significant impact on firm stability. Finally, our findings conclude that there is a virtuous circle between the governance dimension and firms' stability.

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  • SAIDANE, Dhafer & ABDALLAH, Sana BEN, 2021. "African firm default risk and CSR," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:43:y:2021:i:c:s1544612321000453
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.101964
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