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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Corporate Financial Performance --An Empirical Study of Chinese Energy Firms
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Abstract
As the impacts of environmental pollution and climate change on humanity have become increasingly severe, achieving sustainable development has heightened global concerns in recent years. An increasing number of companies have recognized the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and are actively investing in enhancing their performance. Moreover, an increasing number of investors are considering social factors when making investment decisions. Although the potential impact of CSR on corporate financial performance (CFP) is a growing interest in related research filed, there still needs to be consensus on their relationship. This study seeks to address this gap in the context of the Chinese energy sector. By conducting fixed effect panel regression on the CSR scores, accounting financial indicators, and fundamental panel data of 876 listed companies in the Chinese energy sector over the past decade, this paper reveals a nonlinear positive impact of CSR on CFP. Further threshold regression is applied to identify distinct threshold values that affect different financial indicators. The findings of this paper complement the existing related research and provide valuable support and guidance for companies in the energy sector to undertake social responsibility and engage in social responsibility investments effectively.
Keywords
corporate social responsibility, corporate financial performance, Chinese energy industry, panel analysis
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Financial Technology and Business Analysis
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-159-9
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-160-5
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- 01 December 2023
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
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- 10.54254/2754-1169/56/20231065
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- 01 December 2023
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