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Do Institutional Investors Prefer to Invest in Socially Responsible Companies? An Empirical Analysis in Turkey

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an indispensible item on companies’ agendas and even though the business discipline has been with us for a few decades, it started to attract much more attention recently. Companies are emphasizing the importance of addressing issues relating to the social, economic and environmental aspects of their operations which affect their stakeholders in addition to their core business activities. Actions undertaken by socially responsible companies may be considered as determinants in the decision making process of investors. This is especially the case with institutional investors, who have long term investment horizon and are more willing to invest in companies that are serious about CSR activities. Numerous analyses have been conducted in the literature regarding the relationship between institutional shareholding and corporate social performance mainly in developed countries. However, this study focuses on an emerging country—Turkey, and probes whether institutional investors have a tendency to invest in socially responsible companies utilizing logistic regression analysis. The empirical part of the study employs available dataset combining data relating to percentage of shares that are held by institutional investors with the financials and selected CSR measures for companies listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange.

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    Figure 18.1 is formed utilizing the ownership data for firms which are listed on ISE consecutively for 2005–2011 periods. Financial firms are banks, insurance companies and investment trusts.

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    Ali Osman Gurbuz

  2. Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

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  3. Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aslı Aybars

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Gurbuz, A.O., Karahan Gokmen, M., Aybars, A. (2014). Do Institutional Investors Prefer to Invest in Socially Responsible Companies? An Empirical Analysis in Turkey. In: Yüksel Mermod, A., O.Idowu, S. (eds) Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Business World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37620-7_18

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