Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/288043 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management [ISSN:] 1535-3966 [Volume:] 30 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [Place:] Chichester, UK [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1129-1144
Publisher: 
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester, UK
Abstract: 
The relationship between sustainability (or CSR) and company value has been intensively researched in recent times. However, the specifics of individual industries have not been sufficiently taken into account. Our study aims to fill this research gap. We focus on the oil and gas industry as a particularly powerful and controversial industry. Based on legitimacy theory and institutional theory, we argue that the relationship between firm value and sustainability is negative in this industry. Our sample consists of 205 firms with 1515 observations. Using a simultaneous equation system (3SLS) to determine its direction, we find the two to be negatively interrelated in a vicious circle. Furthermore, we find evidence for a moderating role of the renewable energy share of a company's headquarter country as well as the company's industry segment. The explanatory power continues to hold with consideration of a profitability measure (Return on Sales) instead of firm value.
Subjects: 
3SLS
corporate social responsibility
firm value
oil and gas industry
sustainability
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