INITIATIVES OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE INFLUENCE ON FIRM SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE

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  • B MEHTA Management College of South Africa

Keywords:

Event study, SE SRI Index, portfolio rebalancing strategy, share price reaction, social responsibility initiatives

Abstract

This paper investigates the market reaction to corporate entry and exit from the JSE Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index between 2004 and 2014. The event study shows significant positive abnormal returns for new companies added to the annual SRI Index listing in both initial and subsequent years of publication. Over longer holding periods, the JSE Social Responsibility sample companies consistently outperform the FTSE/JSE All Share Index, but do not significantly outperform the matched set of companies. However, a rebalancing strategy based on only adding
newly listed companies, and dropping consecutive winners outperforms the FTSE/ JSE All Share Index and the matched company portfolio 

Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

MEHTA, B. (2021). INITIATIVES OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE INFLUENCE ON FIRM SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE. Advance Journal of Management, Accounting and Finance, 6(6), 1–22. Retrieved from https://aspjournals.org/ajmaf/index.php/ajmaf/article/view/10

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