Taste, information, and asset prices: Implications for the valuation of CSR

HL Friedman, MS Heinle - Review of Accounting Studies, 2016 - Springer
Review of Accounting Studies, 2016Springer
Firms often undertake activities that do not necessarily increase cash flows (eg, costly
investments in corporate social responsibility or CSR), and some investors value these non
cash activities (ie, they have a “taste” for these activities). We develop a model to capture this
phenomenon and focus on the asset-pricing implications of differences in investors' tastes
for firms' activities and outputs. Our model shows that, first, investor taste differences provide
a basis for investor clientele effects that are endogenously determined by the shares …
Abstract
Firms often undertake activities that do not necessarily increase cash flows (e.g., costly investments in corporate social responsibility or CSR), and some investors value these non cash activities (i.e., they have a “taste” for these activities). We develop a model to capture this phenomenon and focus on the asset-pricing implications of differences in investors’ tastes for firms’ activities and outputs. Our model shows that, first, investor taste differences provide a basis for investor clientele effects that are endogenously determined by the shares demanded by different types of investors. Second, because the market must clear at one price, investors’ demands are influenced by all dimensions of firm output even if their preferences are only over some dimensions. Third, information releases cause trading volume, even when all investors have the same information. Fourth, investor taste provides a rationale for corporate spin-offs that help firms better target their shareholder bases. Finally, individual social responsibility can lead to corporate social responsibility when managers care about stock price because price reacts to investments in CSR activities.
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