审计质量、企业声誉与企业高质量发展

企业高质量发展是实现我国经济高质量发展的重要抓手，企业的高质量发展离不开审计监督。选取2012-2021 年中国A 股上市公司为研究样本，实证研究审计质量对企业高质量发展的影响。研究发现，审计质量能有效促进企业高质量发展，这种促进作用在经过内生性检验和稳健性检验之后依旧成立；机制检验表明，审计质量通过提升企业声誉促进企业的高质量发展；异质性检验发现，审计质量对国有企业、东部地区企业的高质量发展促进作用更明显。     

ESG表现与企业韧性

利用2019—2022年我国A股上市公司数据，探讨ESG表现对企业韧性的影响及作用机制。研究结果表明，ESG表现显著提升了企业韧性，使得企业在危机期间表现出更强的抵抗力和恢复力。细化ESG不同维度发现，相较于环境，社会责任和公司治理对企业韧性的提升作用更显著。作用机制研究发现，ESG表现通过增加产品的市场竞争优势、降低融资成本、提高企业声誉和抗风险能力四条路径提升企业的危机应对能力，进而增强企业韧性。异质性检验发现，ESG表现对企业韧性的增强作用在管理层决策视域较短、财务状况和内部控制较差的企业中更显著，说明ESG有助于解决管理者短视、财务状况和内部控制较差给企业带来的“生存性”难题，是企业于逆境中转“危”为“机”的重要驱动力。     

集体声誉危机与企业认证行为——基于“柠檬市场”治理机制的视角

中国制造业部门时有发生的行业集体声誉危机不仅抑制了消费者对中国产品的需求,也造成了企业行为扭曲。本文从“柠檬市场”不同治理机制间的交互作用入手,构建理论模型考察了行业集体声誉危机对被牵连企业认证行为的影响机理,并以中国乳制品行业为样本,运用双重差分法进行实证检验。研究发现,集体声誉危机通过破坏市场声誉机制提高了企业的认证激励,原本没有必要申请认证的高质企业比低质企业更愿意在危机后加大认证申请。此外,集体声誉危机还引发了企业非理性的过度认证,在穷尽强相关认证后,企业的认证激励并未减弱反而转向申请其他弱相关认证。额外增加的认证成本抵消了认证对销售收入增长的促进作用,导致“过度认证陷阱”,不利于企业质量提升和危机行业的转型升级。上述结论从企业认证行为扭曲这一视角拓展了有关集体声誉危机负面效应的认识,对政府避免危机发生以及完善认证行业发展有着积极的指导意义。     

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Chinese listed firms

This study examines the impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on acquirers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms, we find that firms with cross-border M&A activities experience an improvement in subsequent CSR performance. Specifically, the CSR rating is approximately 8.24% higher in firms with cross-border M&As than in those without such activities. We also find that this positive influence is more pronounced in firms with low initial CSR ratings than in those with high initial CSR ratings at the time when a cross-border M&A deal is completed. Additional analyses reveal that this positive effect is mainly driven by the target firms from countries with high social preference relative to China and that the enhancement in CSR driven by cross-border M&As translates into higher operating performance and easier access to finance. Overall, our findings demonstrate that cross-border M&As can serve as a critical channel for acquirers from a country with low institutional quality to build a better reputation through environmentally friendly behaviour and socially responsible engagement, and therefore gain capital market benefits.     

Corporate social responsibility and corporate tax avoidance: The channel effect of consumer awareness

This paper investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate tax avoidance and the impact of consumer awareness on the constructs. We show that consumer awareness has the effect of decreasing the positive relation between CSR ratings and tax avoidance levels. Our findings are robust to various measures of our constructs. Collectively, the findings of this study lend credence to the risk-management view of CSR and demonstrate that consumer awareness acts as a behavioral intervention and governance mechanism to help mitigate corporate hypocrisy.