Abstract
Motivated by the literature on corporate life cycles, we explore the effect of firm maturity on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our results based on over 26 000 observations across 21 years reveal that more mature firms invest significantly more in CSR. Furthermore, we find that the effect of firm maturity is not uniform across different categories of CSR. As firms get older, they become much more responsible in terms of diversity and environmental awareness, whereas the effect of firm ageing is much weaker in terms of human rights and product safety. Our study is the first to link corporate life cycles to CSR.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 298-301 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 3 2016 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics and Econometrics
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