Corporate social responsibility and debt maturity: Australian evidence

Van Ha Nguyen, Bobae Choi and Frank Agbola

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2020, vol. 62, issue C

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and debt maturity. After controlling for other determinants of debt maturity, we find that socially responsible firms exhibit longer debt maturity than other firms, supporting the view that CSR facilities firms' access to long-term debts. Further analysis shows that the effect of CSR on debt maturity is stronger for firms operating in the mining industry and firms with a higher level of information asymmetry. Our findings are robust to alternative variable measurements as well as endogeneity and sample selection bias controls.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Debt maturity; Long-term debt; Mining firms; Information asymmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101374

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