Corporate social responsibility and profit volatility: theory and empirical evidence
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- Becchetti, Leonardo & Solferino, Nazaria & Tessitore, Maria Elisabetta, 2013. "Corporate social responsibility and profit volatility: theory and empirical evidence," AICCON Working Papers 129-2013, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit.
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- D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
- D92 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
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