The sequential effect of CSR and COE: family ownership moderation

Ain Hajawiyah, Desi Adhariani and Chaerul Djakman

Social Responsibility Journal, 2018, vol. 15, issue 7, 939-954

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to examine the sequential effect of cost of equity capital and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure with family ownership as a moderating variable. Design/methodology/approach - This empirical study examines samples of manufacturing firm in Indonesia using multiple regression analysis. Findings - Firms with high cost of equity capital in previous years have extensive CSR disclosure level. Further, firms with extensive CSR disclosure get benefit of lower cost of equity capital in the following year. Family ownership weakens the effect of previous years cost of equity capital on CSR disclosure. On the other hand, family ownership does not moderate the effect of CSR disclosure on the cost of equity capital. Research limitations/implications - This study has limitations in terms of CSR measurement using keywords which may not include overall reporting contents. This study also excludes information in sustainability reports and websites, images and scanned files that may provide additional information about the company’s social and environmental activities. This study is limited in terms of the generalization aspect because it only examines firms in one type of industry in one country over three years’ period. Originality/value - This study provides empirical evidence on the sequential effect of cost of equity capital and CSR disclosure with family ownership as moderating variable from an emerging market context, which has been rarely explored in the previous research.

Keywords: CSR; Disclosure; Family ownership; Cost of equity capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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