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CEO inside debt and corporate social responsibility

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  • Shahbaz Sheikh

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relation between incentives from CEO inside debt (deferred compensation and pension benefits) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach - Instrumental variable (IV-GMM) regressions are used to estimate the relation between CEO inside debt and CSR. Findings - The results of this paper indicate that CEOs with large inside debt tend to invest more in CSR. Analysis of CSR strengths and concerns supports this finding and shows that CEO inside debt is significantly positively (negatively) associated with CSR strengths (concerns). Further tests indicate that CEO inside debt exerts a positive and significant effect on all five dimensions of social performance (diversity, community, product, employee relations and environment). Research limitations/implications - The results of this study are based on US corporations. Future research should investigate if these results hold for firms in other countries in order to better our understanding of the relation between CEO inside debt and CSR. Practical implications - CEOs use CSR as a risk management strategy to reduce corporate risk in order to protect the value of their inside debt. Social implications - The results in this paper provide a practical tool to boards of corporations to increase investment in CSR. The results suggest that boards can encourage CEOs to invest in CSR by increasing incentives from inside debt. Originality/value - This study contributes to the literature that examines the relation between inside debt and CSR by showing that CEO inside debt exerts a positive impact on CSR.

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  • Shahbaz Sheikh, 2020. "CEO inside debt and corporate social responsibility," International Journal of Managerial Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 16(4), pages 525-546, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijmfpp:ijmf-10-2019-0397
    DOI: 10.1108/IJMF-10-2019-0397
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    Cited by:

    1. Zhaocheng Xu & Jingchuan Hou, 2021. "Effects of CEO Overseas Experience on Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Listed Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-24, May.
    2. Buchanan, Bonnie G. & Cao, Cathy Xuying & Wang, Shuhui, 2021. "Corporate social responsibility and inside debt: The long game," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    3. Samuel Buertey, 2021. "Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility assurance: The moderating effect of ownership concentration," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(6), pages 1579-1590, November.
    4. Svetlana Orlova & Li Sun, 2022. "Corporate social responsibility and unverifiable net assets ratio," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(1), pages 31-48, March.
    5. Samuel Buertey & Richard Ramsawak & Raymond K. Dziwornu & Yong‐Seok Lee, 2024. "Corporate social responsibility and dividend payout policy in extraordinary time: Empirical study of South Africa," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(1), pages 514-527, January.

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