What Good Does Doing Good do? The Effect of Bond Rating Analysts’ Corporate Bias on Investor Reactions to Changes in Social Responsibility

In this study, we explore how investors reconcile information on firms’ social responsibility with analysts’ assessments of future firm risk in the pricing of long-term bonds. We ask whether investors pay attention to small strides toward and/or small slips away from socially responsible behavior, a...

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Authors: Branzei, Oana (Author) ; Frooman, Jeff (Author) ; Mcknight, Brent (Author) ; Zietsma, Charlene (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2018
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 148, Issue: 1, Pages: 183-203
Further subjects:B Corporate bias
B Corporate social responsibility
B Long-term risk
B Long-term debt
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