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Assessing whether corporate social responsibility influence corporate value

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  • Roger C. Y. Chen
  • Chen-Hsun Lee

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This study used the corporate social responsibility (CSR) index to gauge the corporate value and social responsibility performance of corporations in Taiwan. We investigated whether CSR influences corporate value and whether the extent of that influence varies with corporate value or time. The results indicate that the influence of CSR on corporate value does not change with time. CSR exerts a positive influence on company value, and this influence does not change over time. However, the extent of the influence significantly varies with corporate value. When the corporate value of a company is not high, investing in CSR would only increase costs and fail to effectively increase corporate value. In contrast, if the corporate value of the company is high, investments in CSR in this circumstance would instead promote the effective increase of corporate value.

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  • Roger C. Y. Chen & Chen-Hsun Lee, 2017. "Assessing whether corporate social responsibility influence corporate value," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(54), pages 5547-5557, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:49:y:2017:i:54:p:5547-5557
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1313949
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