Evidence on the trade-off between corporate social responsibility and mergers and acquisitions investment
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Article Title | Evidence on the trade-off between corporate social responsibility and mergers and acquisitions investment |
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ERA Journal ID | 19154 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Krishnamurti, Chandrasekhar (Author), Shams, Syed (Author) and Chowdhury, Hasibul (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Management |
Journal Citation | 46 (3), pp. 466-498 |
Number of Pages | 33 |
Year | 2021 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0312-8962 |
1327-2020 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896220950394 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0312896220950394 |
Abstract | In this article, we investigate whether there is a trade-off between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) investments. Consistent with conflict resolution view of stakeholder theory, our results document a negative relationship between CSR scores and M&A activity. We further show that the tendency of CSR firms’ low engagements in M&A investmen ts is valid only for firms with no slack. We also find that firms choosing to trade off pay a lower bid premium to targets to create value for acquiring shareholders. These findings are robust to several alternative proxies and endogeneity tests. |
Keywords | Corporate social responsibility, mergers and acquisitions, stakeholder theory, trade-off theory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350202. Finance |
Byline Affiliations | University of South Australia |
School of Commerce | |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5y07/evidence-on-the-trade-off-between-corporate-social-responsibility-and-mergers-and-acquisitions-investment
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