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The research aims to analyze how changes in corporate tax rates affect CSR performance among U.S. firms.

Do Tax Rates Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? A Natural Experiment From Corporate Tax Rate Changes

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The research aims to analyze how changes in corporate tax rates affect CSR performance among U.S. firms.
Utilized staggered state-level tax reforms for analysis
Employed a difference-in-differences (DiD) design
Conducted heterogeneity analyses among financially constrained firms
Performed domain-level analysis focusing on material CSR issues
Tax cuts significantly enhance CSR performance by relieving financial concerns
Tax increases only marginally weaken CSR strengths
Effects are more pronounced in financially constrained firms
Tax increases reduce environmental CSR strengths, while tax cuts lower employee relations concerns

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Natural experiment shows tax rate changes influence CSR performance in U.S. firms, indicating strategic implications.

Fang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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