Mandatory corporate social responsibility and foreign institutional investor preferences

Marshall, Andrew and Rao, Sandeep and Roy, Partha P. and Thapa, Chandra (2022) Mandatory corporate social responsibility and foreign institutional investor preferences. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76. 102261. ISSN 0929-1199 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102261)

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Abstract

This study examines whether the heterogeneity among foreign institutional investors (FIIs) matters when investing in socially responsible investee firms. Exploiting a mandated corporate social responsibility (CSR) regulation in India and using manually collected CSR expenditure data, the results of a quasi-natural experiment confirm that firms that comply with the CSR mandate attract greater investment from FIIs. This positive nexus holds for both existing and new FIIs. However, the heterogeneity of FIIs plays a significant moderating role because FIIs from civil law origin countries and those considered to be independent and long-term investors invest more in mandated CSR firms.

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Marshall, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-1296, Rao, Sandeep, Roy, Partha P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-9476 and Thapa, Chandra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-8079;
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