Corporate Social Responsibility Report Narratives and Analyst Forecast Accuracy

Standalone corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports vary considerably in the content of information released due to their voluntary nature. In this study, we develop a disclosure score based on the tone, readability, length, and the numerical and horizon content of CSR report narratives, and ex...

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Authors: Muslu, Volkan (Author) ; Mutlu, Sunay (Author) ; Radhakrishnan, Suresh (Author) ; Tsang, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 154, Issue: 4, Pages: 1119-1142
Further subjects:B Textual disclosures
B Analyst forecasts
B Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
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