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dc.contributor.authorMuller, Alanen
dc.contributor.authorKräussl, Romanen
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-15-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-24T13:48:42Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-24T13:48:42Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:hebis:30-54383en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/25545-
dc.description.abstractWhile companies have emerged as very proactive donors in the wake of recent major disasters like Hurricane Katrina, it remains unclear whether that corporate generosity generates benefits to firms themselves. The literature on strategic philanthropy suggests that such philanthropic behavior may be valuable because it can generate direct and indirect benefits to the firm, yet it is not known whether investors interpret donations in this way. We develop hypotheses linking the strategic character of donations to positive abnormal returns. Using event study methodology, we investigate stock market reactions to corporate donation announcements by 108 US firms made in response to Hurricane Katrina. We then use regression analysis to examine if our hypothesized predictors are associated with positive abnormal returns. Our results show that overall, corporate donations were linked to neither positive nor negative abnormal returns. We do, however, see that a number of factors moderate the relationship between donation announcements and abnormal stock returns. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aGoethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS) |cFrankfurt a. M.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCFS Working Paper |x2008/10en
dc.subject.jelG14en
dc.subject.jelM21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCorporate Philanthropyen
dc.subject.keywordDisastersen
dc.subject.keywordEvent Studyen
dc.subject.keywordMarket Valueen
dc.subject.keywordHurricane Katrinaen
dc.subject.stwWohltätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwUnternehmenspolitiken
dc.subject.stwAnkündigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwBörsenkursen
dc.subject.stwKapitalertragen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwNaturkatastropheen
dc.subject.stwKatastrophenschadenen
dc.subject.stwNew Orleans (La.)en
dc.titleDo markets love misery? Stock prices and corporate philanthropic disaster response-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn577545264en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:cfswop:200810en

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