Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Big Data Economy and Information Management, BDEIM 2022, December 2-3, 2022, Zhengzhou, China

Research Article

Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Choice Based on Big Data Analysis

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328854,
        author={Ziyang  Li and Yingyue  Zhang and Mengwei  Zhang and Kecai  Fan},
        title={Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Choice Based on Big Data Analysis},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Big Data Economy and Information Management, BDEIM 2022, December 2-3, 2022, Zhengzhou, China},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BDEIM},
        year={2023},
        month={6},
        keywords={corporate social responsibility; anti-corruption campaign; big data analysis; empirical research},
        doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328854}
    }
    
  • Ziyang Li
    Yingyue Zhang
    Mengwei Zhang
    Kecai Fan
    Year: 2023
    Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Choice Based on Big Data Analysis
    BDEIM
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328854
Ziyang Li1, Yingyue Zhang1, Mengwei Zhang1, Kecai Fan2,*
  • 1: Sichuan University
  • 2: Guizhou University of Finance and Economics
*Contact email: fankecai@126.com

Abstract

This paper empirically examines how firms react to intense anti-corruption campaign with corporate social responsibility using econometric evidence. Using a sample of 20748 data of 3257 Chinese listed firms from 2010 to 2018 with manually collected provincial conviction and politician downfalls data, we empirically observe that firms located in areas with high anti-corruption intensity perform better in corporate social responsibility. Consistent with a political view, the relationship is weaker for firms that already own political connection resources. Our findings shed light on how firms choose their corporate social responsibility performance under anti-corruption pressure.