The Link between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in the Hungarian Banking Sector in the Years Following the Global Crisis

Author information:

Nikolett Deutsch: Corvinus University of Budapest, Associate Professor. E-mail: nikolett.deutsch@uni-corvinus.hu

Éva Pintér: University of Pécs, Associate Professor. E-mail: pintereva@ktk.pte.hu

Cite as (APA):

Deutsch, N., & Pintér, É. (2018). The Link between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in the Hungarian Banking Sector in the Years Following the Global Crisis. Financial and Economic Review, 17(2), 124–145. https://doi.org/10.25201/FER.17.2.124145

Column:

Study

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes:

G00, G20, G21, G30

Keywords:

corporate social performance (CSP), corporate financial performance (CFP), banking sector, Scholtens CSP

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