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Corporate social responsibility, product market competition, and product market performance

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  • Han, Wu
  • Zhuangxiong, Yu
  • Jie, Li

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Using the data of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2014, we explore how product market competition affects the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firms' product market performance and the underlying mechanism. We document that CSR significantly decreases firms' product market performance only in noncompetitive industries, and the evidence is significant only for non-state-owned firms, primarily through the channel of weaker debt financing capability. Better corporate governance can effectively alleviate the negative impact of CSR on firms’ product market performance in noncompetitive industries.

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  • Han, Wu & Zhuangxiong, Yu & Jie, Li, 2018. "Corporate social responsibility, product market competition, and product market performance," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 75-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:56:y:2018:i:c:p:75-91
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2018.03.019
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    Corporate social responsibility; Product market competition; Product market performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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