Corporate social responsibility and green innovation: Evidence from mandatory CSR disclosure laws
William Mbanyele,
Hongyun Huang,
Yafei Li,
Linda T. Muchenje and
Fengrong Wang
Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 212, issue C
Abstract:
Exploiting the staggered adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure laws as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that firms in countries that adopted CSR disclosure laws increased their green innovation output and quality relative to their counterparts.
Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Green innovation; Climate mitigation; Corporate governance; Social welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G12 G23 G31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110322
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