Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 1334-1350Publisher
VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECH UNIV
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2022.18201
Keywords
mandatory CSR disclosure; firm efficiency; natural resource-based firms; emerging economy; data envelopment analysis; difference-in-differences
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This study explores the impact of mandatory CSR disclosure on the efficiency of Indonesian natural resource-based firms. The results indicate a positive effect on firm efficiency. The study suggests policymakers to provide clear standards in regulations and consider expanding the applicable scope. Managers should utilize this regulation as an effective tool to improve firm performance.
The government in emerging economies often moves firstly in issuing regulations to push the firms follow some social commitments. Natural resource-based firms in Indonesia are the first movers to be required for mandatory CSR disclosure. This study explores how the efficiency of those firms was affected under such the regulations. The sample includes Indonesian firms listed on the Indonesia stock exchange in 2009-2019, and the data is analysed by data envelopment analysis and difference-in-differences method with 506 treatment and 2,536 control firm-year observations. The results express the positive impact of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm efficiency. This study also suggests the policy makers to provide clear standards in regulations, and consider expanding the applicable objects. Managers should utilize this regulation as an effective tool to develop and manage the companies' annual plan, and improve firm performance.
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