This paper investigates the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance in forecasting companys' stock prices and future returns. The forecasting analysis identifies a negative association between CSR performance and proxies of price delay. The negative CSR–delay association is...

The relationship between societal trust and stock price delay is examined across 33 countries for the period from 1985 to 2021. The results showed that societal trust positively impacts investors' perception of information credibility, resulting in a shortened stock price delay. This effect is...