Data and Code Repository for "Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility - Performance, Risk, and Value"

This repository contains data and code for the cumulative dissertation titled "Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility - Performance, Risk, and Value" at the University of St.Gallen (HSG). The dissertation was submitted in July 2020. The dissertation consists of three essays: Corporate Social Performance and Earnings Quality: The Role of Materiality (Fauser, Daniel V. (2019) Corporate Social Performance and Earnings Quality: The Role of Materiality. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 2019 (02). 127-160. ISSN 0931-0983) Risk Mitigation of Corporate Social Performance in US Class Action Lawsuits (Under review at the Financial Analysts Journal) Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Credit Risk Prediction: A Machine Learning Approach (Under review at the journal Credit and Capital Markets)