We study the relationship of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the distribution of stock returns for an international sample. Firms with a high level of CSR generally exhibit superior stock price synchronicity in the markets of Europe, Japan, and the United States. In particular, we...

We investigate the relationship between corporate social performance and litigation risk by examining US class action lawsuits. We find that a one standard deviation improvement in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies of an average sample firm reduces litigation risk from...