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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.11.5586

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: The impact of the MSCI ESG Ratings on Korean Firms  

Kim, Jinwook (School of Business, Konkuk University)
Chung, Sunggon (School of Accountancy, Singapore Management University)
Park, Cheongkyu (College of Business, University of Michigan-Dearborn)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.11, 2013 , pp. 5586-5593 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates how the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance of a firm is associated with its financial performance in the stock market. Prior studies provide mixed evidence on the relation between CSR and financial performance. This study sheds some lights on the positive effect of CSR on firms' financial performance. Using a unique set of data on CSR performance of Korean firms provided by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MCSI), we find that firms' CSR performance is positively associated with their contemporaneous stock returns and Tobin's Q in the Korean market. This finding suggests that stock market participants value firms' CSR activities. This is the first study that provides empirical evidence on the existence of the positive association between the CSR performance of Korean firms and their financial performance using MCSI data which is considered more reliable than the data used in the prior CSR studies in Korea.
Keywords
Corporate Social Responsibility; Finantial Performnce; ESG;
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