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An Analysis of Corporate Donations: United Kingdom Evidence[Note 1. Address for reprints: Mike Adams, School of Management, University ...]
Author(s) -
Adams Mike,
Hardwick Philip
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.00113
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , profitability index , business , politics , accounting , capital structure , stakeholder , marketing , finance , economics , management , law , political science , debt , machine learning , computer science
Drawing a framework from stakeholder theory, this study uses 1994 data drawn from 100 United Kingdom listed companies to test empirically whether the level of discretionary donations made by companies to charitable, social and political causes is related to four company‐specific factors, namely leverage, company size, profitability and ownership structure. Consistent with our hypotheses, the results indicate that the decision to contribute funds to charities and other bodies is positively related to company size and profitability and negatively related to leverage. However, the study provides no support for the view that there is a link between discretionary donations and a company's ownership structure.