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Do Female Executives Prioritize Corporate Social Responsibility?

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  • Ziang Zou
  • Yuqing Wu
  • Qi Zhu
  • Shenggang Yang

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How do female executives view corporate social responsibility (CSR)? Previous studies have reported mixed findings on the relationship between female executives and CSR. We select a sample of Chinese listed firms and use propensity score matching to construct a new sample of firms and evaluate the gender transition (from male to female) of chief executive officers or board chairpersons (executives) who are randomly assigned to firms (i.e., the gender transition of executives is regarded as an exogenous event). Subsequently, we use a difference-in-differences approach to identify the pure effect of female executives on CSR. Our results indicate that female executives are more likely to encourage CSR reporting. Moreover, we suggest that the mechanism behind female executives prioritizing CSR is altruism preference rather than risk aversion preference.

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  • Ziang Zou & Yuqing Wu & Qi Zhu & Shenggang Yang, 2018. "Do Female Executives Prioritize Corporate Social Responsibility?," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(13), pages 2965-2981, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:54:y:2018:i:13:p:2965-2981
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2018.1453355
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