%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of Institutional Corporate Social Responsibility on Bank Loans
%A Bill Francis
%A Pamela Harper
%A Shyam Kumar
%J Business & Society
%@ 1552-4205
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0007650316647952
%X The authors study the impact of institutional corporate social responsibility (CSR)¡ªdefined as CSR targeted at a borrowing firm¡¯s secondary stakeholders¡ªon bank loans. Findings suggest that higher levels of institutional CSR are associated with lower levels of interest rates and loan spreads. In addition, institutional CSR also tempers the positive impact of loan maturity and firm leverage on interest rates and loan spread. These effects were strongest among firms that demonstrated sustained performance, rather than among firms that showed mixed performance in terms of their secondary stakeholder-related activities. This study indicates institutional CSR is valued by stakeholders for its risk mitigating and transaction cost reducing effects independent of technical CSR, defined as CSR targeted at primary stakeholders
%K bank loans
%K corporate social responsibility
%K CSR
%K institutional CSR
%K stakeholders
%K technical CSR
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0007650316647952