Authors: ChihWei Peng MeiLing Yang
Publish Date: 2013/07/19
Volume: 123, Issue: 1, Pages: 171-182
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to extend prior research on this topic by investigating whether the impact of ownership concentration moderates the link between corporate social performance CSP and financial performance FP This study uses a set of unique handcollected pollution control data to measure CSP based on a sample of Taiwanese listed companies during the period from 1996 to 2006 The results of the empirical analysis provide firm support for the idea that the divergence between control rights and the cash flow rights of controlling owners negatively moderates the link between social and short and longrun FPThe authors thank two anonymous referees for their invaluable advice We also thank Joëlle Vanhamme JBE’s Editor for her cordiality and encouragement through the review process Research support from the National Science Council Taiwan grant NCS 1022410H018040 is gratefully acknowledged All errors are our own
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