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Flotation costs of seasoned equity offerings: Does corporate social responsibility matter?

Zhe Li Orcid Logo, Ping Wang

European Financial Management, Volume: 28, Issue: 3

Swansea University Author: Zhe Li Orcid Logo

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This paper investigates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on flotation costs in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Based on an international sample covering 38 countries during the period 2002-2018, we find that CSR performance is negatively associated with SEO flotation costs, and...

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Published in: European Financial Management
ISSN: 1354-7798 1468-036X
Published: Wiley 2021
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