Institutional ownership stability and corporate social performance

Wang, Tracy and Sun, Aonan (2022): Institutional ownership stability and corporate social performance. Published in: Finance Research Letters , Vol. 47, No. 1544-6123 (5 April 2022): p. 102861.

Abstract

We examine the influence of institutional ownership stability on corporate social performance (CSP). We find that stable institutional ownership is associated with higher CSP, after controlling for the percentage of institutional ownership. The result is robust to alternative measures of CSP and various techniques to address endogeneity concerns. Additional analysis shows that this positive relation is driven by prudent institutional investors and by CSP dimensions directly pertinent to a specific, primary stakeholder group. Overall, we show that stable institutional investors are an effective mechanism to promote firms’ investment in long- term-oriented activities including CSR. Free Share Link provided by Elsevier (valid until May 28, 2022): https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1etOy5VD4KnC9Z

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: institutional ownership stability; corporate social responsibility; corporate social performance; long-term orientation
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G0 - General; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M0 - General

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