Fintech business and corporate social responsibility practices

Bin Li, Fei Guo, Lei Xu and Siqi Meng

Emerging Markets Review, 2024, vol. 59, issue C

Abstract: Through a proprietary dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, we establish a positive link between firms' financial technology (Fintech) business and their corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Such a link can be more pronounced among firms of stronger political connections, lower agency costs, and better internal control. Enhanced supply of bank loans, internal capital market, public scrutiny, and firms' strategic differences are underlying the link. Fintech business may also effectively curb firms' corporate social irresponsibility (CSI) behaviour. Fintech business may have become a strategic endeavor to sustain long-term economic growth in the digital age.

Keywords: Fintech business; CSR; Political connections; Agency costs; Internal control; CSI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 G34 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2023.101105

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